Note 327 — Chapter III · THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MOSLEMS
Reading edition
Al-Battānī’s Astronomy, Nallino’s edit., pt. i, 1903, pp. 166–167; pt. ii, 1907, pp. 210–211; Al-Khwārizmī’s Kitāb ṣūrat al-arḍ, Nallino’s edit., 1894, p. 6. Ptolemy’s Geography was translated into Arabic at least three times: (1) by Ibn Khurdādhbeh not earlier than about 846–847 A. D., but for private use alone; (2) by Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindī, before 874 A. D.; and (3) by Thābit ibn Qurra (826–901 A. D.).