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The Astrolabe

An ancient instrument for solving problems of location and distance, as well as time

Astrolábon órganon is the word used in Ptolemaeus Syntaxis 5.1 to describe a form of armillary sphere consisting of both fixed and rotating rings for determining the ecliptic co-ordinates of stars. Also called astrolabe were two-dimensional representations of the celestial sphere: over fixed disks with a representation of the horizon of the earth (in each case for a specific geographic latitude) and its parallels up to the zenith lies a rotating representation of the heavens (called ‘spider’ or ‘net’) with zodiac and indicators for some of the brightest stars. On the back is an indicator (‘alidade’) with visor plates for calculating the height of the stars. The astrolabe allows its user to determine the hours of day and night, the positions of stars, and the height and depth of objects on earth (mountains, buildings, wells). The oldest extant descriptions of the flat, planispheric astrolabe come from Iohannes Philoponus, 6th century AD, and (in Syrian) from Severus Sebokht, c. 660 AD. Indirect references may date back as early as Theon (4th cent.). Between the 8th and the 9th centuries the Arabs appropriated the knowledge of the astrolabe. At the end of the 10th century and again in the 12th century, they passed it on to Western Europe, where astrolabes were constructed up until the 17th cent. Today, one Byzantine astrolabe (from 1062) is extant, as are some 750 Arabic-Islamic astrolabes and approximately the same number of European astrolabes.

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, Volume 3 (1996-1997)

Edited by Eugene Cotran and Chibli Mallat

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Publication year: 1997


Series:	Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law, 3
ISBN-13 (i)The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) has been changed from 10 to 13 digits on 1 January 2007:	978 90 41 10443 4
ISBN-10:	90 41 10443 7

Cover:	Cloth
Number of pages:	xvi, 568 pp.

List price:	€ 305.00 / US$ 430.00

Table of contents

Table of Contents to Volume 3

Biographical Notes
Preface
Transliteration

Part I – Articles
Precontractual Liability in Mineral Negotiations with Special Reference to Islamic Law - W.M.H. El-Malik
The Legal Structure of Islamic Finance and Privatization - F.B. Nader
Privatization: Oman and Egypt - B. McArdle McKinney
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited ('Qatargas'): The Downstream Project - a Case Study - A.S. Macartney
The Palestinian: From Hyphenated Citizen to Integrated Citizen - A.F. Kassim
Israeli Civilian Settlements in the Occupied Arab Territories Revisited - L.M. Al-Rimawi
Justice and the Law in the Sudan - J.W. Makec
Recent Developments in the Administration of Islamic Law in Malaysia - T.S.D.A.M. Ibrahim
Prospects for Muslim Law in South Africa: A History and Recent Developments - E. Moosa
Ia an Adult Muslim Woman Sui Juris? Some Reflections on the Concept of 'Consent in Marriage' without a Wali (with Particular Reference to the Saima Waheed Case) - S.S. Ali

Part II – Country Surveys
Egypt - Kosheri, Rashed & Riad
Syria - J. El-Hakim
Iraq - S. Al-Mukhtar
Jordan - H. Haddad
Palestine - A. Al-Qasem
Lebanon - C. Mallat
Libya - M. El-Alem
Sudan - J.W. Makec
Kuwait - El-Fatih El-Shazali Osman
UAE - R. Price, C. Chance, Dubai
Bahrain - H.M. Al-Baharna
Qatar - N. Al-Nauimi
Oman - N. Edmondes, C. Trower and David Wilson of Trowers & Hamlins
Yemen - N. Shamiri
Iran - M.A. Ansari-Pour
Morocco - Michèle Zirari-Devif
Tunisia - A. Gaïgi
Pakistan - M. Lau

Part III – Selected Documents
Treaties, International Agreements and UN Resolutions
Palestine-Israel: Protocol Concerning Redeployment in Hebron, January 15, 1997
United Nations - East Jerusalem: Resolution 51/223, 13 March 1997
United Nations - East Jerusalem: Resolution ES-10/2, 25 April 1997
Jordan-Israel
Memorandum of Understanding concerning cooperation in the fields of Telecommunications and Posts
Agreement of Transportation
Air Services Agreement
Agreement on Scientific and Cultural Exchange
Agreement on Special Arrangements for Aqaba and Eilat
Agreement on Cooperation in Environment Protection and Nature Conservation
Yemen-Eritrea: Agreement on Priciples [the Paris Agreement], 21 May 1996
Yemen-Eritrea: Arbitration Agreement, 3 October 1996
United Nations - Iraq: Resolution 1051, 27 March 1996
United Nations - Iraq: Resolution 1060, 12 June 1996

Legislation
Egypt - Law Organizing the Ownership of Built Real Estate and Vacant Lands by Non-Egyptians (Law No. 230 of the Year 1996)
Kuwait - Law Concerning the Disclosure of Commissions Tendered in Contracts Concluded by the State (Law No. 25 for the Year 1996)
Oman - The Basic Law of the State

Part IV – Selected Cases
Saudi Arabia - Defence Submission by Salah Ibrahim Al-Hejailan in the case of Lucille McLauchlan and Deborah Kim Parry
Lebanon - Mukhaiber v. Abu Haidar
Dubai - In re custody of daughter X
South Africa - Ryland v. Edros (Case Note - E. Moosa)
Pakistan - Abdul Waheed v. Asma Jehangir (the Saima Waheed Case) (Case Note - M. Lau).

Part V – Book Reviews
Human Rights and Democracy: The Role of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt - A. Al-Qasem
Arab Law Quarterly - E. Cotran
Consortia Agreements in the International Construction Industry with Special Reference to Egypt - N.G. Bunni
The Middle East into the 21st Century: The Japan Lectures and Other Studies on the Arab-Isreali Conflict, the Gulf Crisis and Political Islam - E. Cotran

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