The Islamic Review May 1942

He uses those of Ibn Junis in his discussion of the obliquity of the ecliptic and also in the case of the problems of the greater inequalities of Jupiter and Saturn." These represent but a part and indeed but a small part of the services rendered by the Arabian astronomers in the solution of the problem of the nature 151"ISLAMIC REVIEW of the world. [...] As to the measurement of the earth by the Muslims the same °Teat authority says : On the shores of the Red Sea in the plants of Slnoar by the aid of an -astrolabe the elevation of the pole above the horizon was determined at two stations on the same meridian exactly one degree apart. [...] From the reign of the Abbasides to that of the grand-children of Tamurlane the stars withcut the aid of glasses were diligently observed and the astronomical tables of Baghdad Sl a'n and Smarcard corrected some minute errors wThcut darirg to renounce the hypothesis of Ptolemy without advancing a step towards the discovery of the Solar system." As to the great success of the Muslims in the sci [...] But the most eager search of Arabian Chemistry was the transmutation of metals and the elixir of immortal health the reasons and the fortunes of thousands were evaporated in the crucibles of alchemy ; and the consummation of the great work was promoted by the worthy itid of mystery fable and superstition."---The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." JIZYA AND SHARI`A BY. [...] Ali the son of Abu Talib `Umar the son of Khattab Ziphir the son of Abuan * Saith the son of Meat * Thavitt the son of Nessis * Amphachin the son of Hassan * Moathem the son of Kasvi * Azur the son of Jassin * Abu Bakr the son of Abu Kahafa Othman the son of 'Affan Ambtelack the son of IVIessuet * Phazer the son of Abbas * Talat the son of Anantonlael Saat the son of Abbatt * Kasm