Shams_al-Din_Abu_Abd_Allah_al-Khalili
Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah al-Khalili
Arab astronomer (1320–1380)
Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī (Arabic: شمس الدين عبد الله محمد بن محمد الخليلي; 1320–1380) was a Mamluk-era Syrian astronomer who compiled astronomical tables. He worked for most of his life as a muwaqqit (a religious timekeeper) at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus.[1]
Little is known about his life.