Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri

Abu Zayd Abd al-Rahman Mohammed al-Jadiri (born in Meknes, in 1375 and died in Fez, probably in 1416) was muwaqqit (time-keeper) at the Qarawiyyin Mosque. He wrote a treatise on the determination of time of day and night, an urzija (verse composition) in 26 chapters and 335 verses, entitled Raudat al-azhar fl 'ilm waqt al-lail wal-nahar (1391/2) and a calendar adapted to the latitude of Fez Tanbllt al-afliím 'ala mii ya/:tduthu ji ayyiim al-'iim.

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Category:Moroccan writers
Category:Medieval Moroccan astronomers
Category:1375 births
Category:1416 deaths
Category:People from Meknes
Category:14th-century Moroccan people
Category:15th-century Moroccan people
Category:People from Fez, Morocco
Category:Astronomers of medieval Islam