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  "ar": "عز الدين عبد العزيز بن محمد الوفائي",
  "en": "Izz al-Din Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Wafa'i",
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  "ar": "فلكي مصري (811–879هـ)، ميقاتي بالجامع المؤيدي بالقاهرة، مخترع آلة «دائرة المعدل»، له أكثر من عشرين رسالة {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}.",
  "en": "Egyptian astronomer (811–879 AH), timekeeper at the Mu'ayyadi Mosque in Cairo, inventor of the instrument called da'irat al-mu'addil, with more than twenty treatises {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}.",
  "ur": "مصری ماہرِ فلکیات (811–879ھ)، قاہرہ کی جامع مؤیدی کے میقاتی، «دائرۃ المعدل» نامی آلے کے موجد، بیس سے زیادہ رسائل کے مصنف {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}۔"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو الفضائل عز الدين عبد العزيز بن محمد الوفائي (811–879هـ/1408–1474م) فلكي مصري كان ميقاتيًا بالجامع المؤيدي، جامع المؤيد شيخ بجانب باب زويلة، وغيره، وله بحسب كتاب مكتبة الإسكندرية ما يزيد على عشرين رسالة وأربعين مخطوطًا، وانصبت اهتماماته على معرفة التوقيت بخطوط الطول والعرض. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "مؤلفاته",
     "markdown": "منها «تلخيص الدرر المنتثرات في العمل بربع المقنطرات» و«خلاصة الدرر في العمل بالقمر» و«فائدة حساب المنحرفات» و«رسالة في العمل بالمثلث» و«رسالة في دائرة المعدل». {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24} ويذكر الكتاب أن أبا الفتح الصوفي المصري نص في شرحه «المفصل في دائرة المعدل» على أن الوفائي مخترع هذه الآلة. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 25}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Abu al-Fada'il Izz al-Din Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Wafa'i (811–879/1408–1474) was an Egyptian astronomer who served as timekeeper at the Mu'ayyadi Mosque (the mosque of al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh beside Bab Zuwayla) and elsewhere; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina book credits him with more than twenty treatises and forty manuscripts, and says his work centred on timekeeping by longitude and latitude. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}"
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    {
     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "They include *Talkhis al-durar al-muntathirat fi al-amal bi-rub' al-muqantarat*, *Khulasat al-durar fi al-amal bil-qamar*, a note on computing inclined sundials, a treatise on the triangle instrument, and a treatise on the *da'irat al-mu'addil*. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24} The book notes that Abu al-Fath al-Sufi al-Misri, in his commentary *al-Mufassal fi da'irat al-mu'addil*, states explicitly that al-Wafa'i invented the instrument. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 25}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو الفضائل عز الدین عبد العزیز بن محمد الوفائی (811–879ھ/1408–1474ء) مصری ماہرِ فلکیات تھے جو جامع مؤیدی (باب زویلہ کے پاس المؤید شیخ کی مسجد) اور دوسری جگہوں پر میقاتی رہے؛ مکتبۂ اسکندریہ کی کتاب ان کے بیس سے زائد رسائل اور چالیس مخطوطات بتاتی ہے، اور کہتی ہے کہ ان کی توجہ طول و عرض کے خطوط سے وقت معلوم کرنے پر تھی۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تصانیف",
     "markdown": "ان میں «تلخیص الدرر المنتثرات فی العمل بربع المقنطرات»، «خلاصۃ الدرر فی العمل بالقمر»، منحرف دھوپ گھڑیوں کے حساب پر ایک فائدہ، مثلث آلے پر رسالہ، اور «دائرۃ المعدل» پر رسالہ ہیں۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 24} کتاب لکھتی ہے کہ ابو الفتح الصوفی المصری نے اپنی شرح «المفصل فی دائرۃ المعدل» میں صراحت کی کہ اس آلے کے موجد الوفائی ہیں۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 25}"
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