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Calendrier musulman --- Calendar --- Islam --- Calendar, Islamic

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Lunar calendars. --- Islamic calendar. --- Calendar. --- Computus --- Astronomy --- Chronology, Historical --- Chronology --- Calendar, Islamic --- Muslim calendar --- Calendar --- Moon phases calendars --- Calendars

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"The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion. Night and day, and the twelve lunar months of the year, are'appointed times for the believing people'. Reading the sky for the prayers of the hour has thus for Muslims been a constant reminder of God's providence and power. In her absorbing and illuminating new book, the late Barbara Freyer Stowasser examines the various ways in which Islam has structured, ordered and measured Time. Drawing on examples from Judaism and Christianity, as well as the ancient world, the author shows that while systems of time facilitate the orderly function of vastly different civilizations, in Islam they have always been fundamental. Among other topics, she discusses the Muslim lunar calendar; the rise of the science of astronomy; the remarkable career of al-Biruni, greatest authority in Muslim perceptions of Time; and the impact of technologies like the astrolabe, Indian numerals and paper. The fullest account ever written of the fascinating nexus between Islam and Time, this is a major contribution to the wider history of ideas and religion."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Time --- Islamic calendar. --- Astronomy --- Temps --- Calendrier islamique --- Astronomie --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- Aspect religieux --- Islam --- Kalender. --- Zeitwahrnehmung. --- History of ideas. --- Calendar, Islamic --- Muslim calendar --- Calendar

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The prophet Muhammad and the early Islamic community radically redefined the concept of time that they had inherited from earlier religions' beliefs and practices. This new temporal system, based on a lunar calendar and era, was complex and required sophistication and accuracy. From the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, it was the Muslim astronomers of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires who were responsible for the major advances in mathematics, astronomy and astrology. This fascinating study compares the Islamic concept of time, and its historical and cultural significance, across these three great empires. Each empire, while mindful of earlier models, created a new temporal system, fashioning a new solar calendar and era and a new round of rituals and ceremonies from the cultural resources at hand. This book contributes to our understanding of the Muslim temporal system and our appreciation of the influence of Islamic science on the Western world.

Islamic calendar. --- Astronomy --- Time --- Islam and science --- Religious aspects --- Islam. --- History. --- Iran --- Mogul Empire. --- Turkey --- History --- Science and Islam --- Science --- Calendar, Islamic --- Muslim calendar --- Calendar --- Moghul Empire --- Mughal Empire --- Mugala Empire --- Ottoman Empire --- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 --- Arts and Humanities --- Mughal Empire.