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[[File:Rumh of Simakan RL map+draw.png|thumb|Arabian constellation al-Simakan, The Two Supporters, with Lances and Armes (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2025).]]
''al-Simākān'', the 2 Simaks = Two Supporters, is an Arabian constellation of two men in arms.<ref>Ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdallah b. Muslim. 1956. ''Kitāb al-anwāʾ (fī mawāsim al-ʿArab)''. Hyderabad: Maṭbaʿat Majlis Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif al-ʿUthmāniyya.</ref><ref>Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. ''Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.'' Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.</ref><ref>al-Ṣūfī, Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar. 1981. ''Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib al-thamāniya wa al-arbaʿīn.'' Beirut: Dār al-Āfāq al-Jadīda.</ref>

==Concordance, Etymology, History==

Adams (2018),<ref>Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref> pp. xx-xx. 
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per Khalid AlAjaji 

Laffitte (2012<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>, 2025<ref>Roland Laffitte, ''Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe'', Orient des Mots, 2025 ([https://uranos.fr/500-noms-herites-des-arabes/ online])</ref>) gives the image as '''« les 2 Simaks = les 2 Soutiens »''' which consists of several named stars: 
{| class="wikitable"
! valign="top" |Name
(orig.)
! valign="top" |Name
! valign="top" |translation
! valign="top" |identification
(RL)
! valign="top" |author
! valign="top" |note
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Simākān''
| valign="top" |the 2 Simaks = the 2 Supporters
| valign="top" |''α Boo +α Vir''
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Simāk al-Aᶜzal''
| valign="top" |The Disarmed Simak / Azimech
| valign="top" |''α Vir''
| valign="top" |Hağğāğ
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Aᶜzal''
| valign="top" |Alaazel = the Disarmed/
| valign="top" | 
| valign="top" |Yaḥya
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Aḥyam''
| valign="top" |The Cunning One ( ?)
| valign="top" | 
| valign="top" |Ét. Tibbetts.
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|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Uḥaymir''
| valign="top" |The Little Red One
| valign="top" | 
| valign="top" |Ét. Tibbetts.
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Muqaddam al-Aᶜzal''
| valign="top" |Alaazel’s Anterior
| valign="top" |''θ Vir''
| valign="top" |Miṣrī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Aᶜlām al-Simāk''
| valign="top" |The Announcement/ Harbinger of Simak
| valign="top" |''η UMa''
| valign="top" |Miṣrī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''ᶜArš al-Simāk al-Aᶜzal''
| valign="top" |the Throne of the Disarmed Simak
| valign="top" |''βγδε Crv''
| valign="top" |Qutayba
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Simāk  al-Rāmiḥ''
| valign="top" |the Armed Simak
| valign="top" |''α Boo''
| valign="top" |Qutayba
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Rāmiḥ''
| valign="top" |the Lancer
| valign="top" | 
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Silāḥ''
| valign="top" |the Arms
| valign="top" | 
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|}
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="6" valign="top" |Adjacent Star Names of al-Simākān
|-
! valign="top" |Name
(orig.)
! valign="top" |Name
! valign="top" |translation
! valign="top" |identification
(RL)
! valign="top" |author
! valign="top" |note
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Rumḥ''
| valign="top" |la  Lance
| valign="top" |''η Boo''
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Mirzam al-Simāk''
| valign="top" |the Predecessor of Simak
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Marzūqī
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|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Mufrad al-Rāmiḥ''
| valign="top" |The Isolated One of Alramech
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Tīzīnī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Rāyat al-Simāk''
| valign="top" |the Standard of Simak
| valign="top" |''ε Boo''
| valign="top" |Qutayba
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''Tābiᶜ al-Simāk''
| valign="top" |the Follower of Simak
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-ᶜAḍaba''
| valign="top" |the Belt
| valign="top" |''ρσ Boo''
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |''al-Silāḥ''
| valign="top" |the Arms
| valign="top" |''τυ Boo''
| valign="top" |Ṣūfī
|
|}

===Discussion===

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