Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī
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Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī (1320 - 1380) was an Arab astronomer of Syria who compiled extensive tables for astronomical use.
He is thought to have been born and died in Damascus, Syria.
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- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Shams al-Din Abu Abdallah Al-Khalili”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- King, David. A. (1970-80). "Khalīlī, Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbdallāh Muḥammad Ibn Muḥammad al-". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0684101149.