Born Cairo, (Egypt), 1314
Died probably Gülistan (Guliston, Uzbekistan), after 1354
Kamāl al‐Dīn al‐Turkmānī was one of several writers who wrote a commentary to Jaghmīnī's al‐Mulakhkhaṣ fī ҁ ilm al‐hay'a al‐basīṭa. Most of his other writings are in the fields of history and fiqh and uṣūl (Islamic law and jurisprudence). There is much confusion regarding his education, life, and date and place of death. However, we do know that Kamāl al‐Dīn al‐Turkmānī was born and spent some time in Cairo (where he undoubtedly benefited from the scientific environment), and that he also lived much of his life in Mardin (now in southeastern Turkey). He came from a family that was actively engaged in scientific work; most likely he was first educated by his father Aḥmad, known as Ibn al‐Turkmānī, who was an astronomer who had written a commentary on Kharaqī's astronomical treatise al‐Tabṣira fī ҁ ilm al‐hay'a.
Kamāl al‐Dīn al‐Turkmānī's Commentary to the Mulakhkhaṣwas written in September 1354 in...
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Fazlıoğlu, İ. (2007). Kamāl al‐Dīn al‐Turkmānī: Kamāl al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ҁUthmān ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafā al‐Māridīnī al‐Turkmānī al‐Ḥanafī. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_738
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