muwaqqit
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thumb|The muvakkithane ("lodge of the muwaqqit") in [[Hagia Sophia, Istanbul]]
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Within Vinony's link graph, muwaqqit is referenced by 153 other articles, and connects out to geocentric model, astrolabe and astronomy in medieval Islam.
It sits within the topics Astronomy in the medieval Islamic world, Mosques and Salah.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- profession
- Subclass of
- astronomer
- Work location
- mosque
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- native label
- موقت
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Background
- Duties
- Salary
- Relations with the muezzin
- History
- In the 14th and 15th centuries
- After the fifteenth century
- Calculating prayer times today
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
thumb|The muvakkithane ("lodge of the muwaqqit") in [[Hagia Sophia, Istanbul]]
In the history of Islam, a muwaqqit (, more rarely mīqātī; ) was an astronomer tasked with the timekeeping and the regulation of prayer times in an Islamic institution like a mosque or a madrasa. Unlike the muezzin (reciter of the call to prayer) who was usually selected for his piety and voice, a muwaqqit was selected for his knowledge and skill in astronomy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “muwaqqit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.