Sullam al-sama'
Jamshid Kashani | |
| Original title | سُلَم السَماء |
|---|---|
| Country | Iran |
| Language | Arabic[1] |
| Subject | Astronomy |
Publication date | 1407 |
Sullam al-sama', also known as Resaleh-ye Kamaliyyeh (
.The text
Kashani finished writing the book on 1 March 1407. He mentioned in the preface of another book of his, Meftah al-Hesab (lit. "The Key of Arithmetic"), that: "I studied all books on astronomy that the scientists had written before me and I realized that they had many difficulties and disagreements about the determination of the size or distance of the astronomical objects like Mercury or Venus to the Sun. So I decided to write this book and I named it Sullam al-sama' to be a guide for the wise."
Series adaptation
The book shares its title with a TV series about Kashani produced in Iran in 2008.
Footnotes
- ^ Arabic language among Iranian scientists those days.[citation needed]
- ^ "Iranian Personalities: Ghyath al-Din Jamshid Kashani". www.iranchamber.com.
- ^ "Britannica online, Kashi entry".