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	''~~al-~~al-Qubba'' (Arabic: القُبَّة), from the Arabic root (قبب).		''al-Qubba'' (Arabic: القُبَّة), from the Arabic root (قبب).
	Lisān al-ʿArab defines al-Qubba as:		Lisān al-ʿArab defines al-Qubba as:
	<blockquote><p dir="rtl">«القُبَّة مِنَ الخِيام: بيتٌ صَغِيرٌ مُسْتَدِيرٌ، وَهُوَ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْعَرَبِ.»</p></blockquote>		<blockquote><p dir="rtl">«القُبَّة مِنَ الخِيام: بيتٌ صَغِيرٌ مُسْتَدِيرٌ، وَهُوَ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْعَرَبِ.»</p></blockquote>
	<blockquote> The ~~qubba~~, among tents, is a small round tent; it is one of the traditional tent types of the Arabs.</blockquote>		<blockquote> The Qubba, among tents, is a small round tent; it is one of the traditional tent types of the Arabs.</blockquote>

	===Sources and Identification===		===Sources and Identification===

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'''al-Qubba''' (Arabic: القُبَّة, , “the dome or domed tent”) is an Arab asterism that correspond to the stars of Corona Australis.

==Provenance, Etymology, History==

The name is an indigenous Arabic name reported by al-Ṣūfī, ibn Qutayba, and al-Marzūqī.

===Etymology===
''al-al-Qubba'' (Arabic: القُبَّة), from the Arabic root (قبب).
Lisān al-ʿArab defines al-Qubba as:
<blockquote>«القُبَّة مِنَ الخِيام: بيتٌ صَغِيرٌ مُسْتَدِيرٌ، وَهُوَ مِنْ بُيُوتِ الْعَرَبِ.»</blockquote>
<blockquote> The qubba, among tents, is a small round tent; it is one of the traditional tent types of the Arabs.</blockquote>

===Sources and Identification===
Both Ibn Qutayba and al-Marzūqī place al-Qubba below Šawlat al-ʿaqrab (λ and υ Sco). Al-Ṣūfī identifies al-Qubba as the stars of Corona Australis because of their roundness and resemlance to a dome.

{| class="wikitable"
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! scope="col" style="width: 60%;" |Sources
! scope="col" style="width: 40%;" |Identification(s)
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|'''Ibn Qutayba (d. 276 H / 889)'''
Original Arabic (p. 73)<ref name="qutayba"/>
ثم “القُبَّةُ”، وهي أسفل من شَوْلَةِ العَقْرَبِ. ويقال للكواكب المتفرقة أسفل من شَوْلَةِ العَقْرَبِ: “الخَيْلُ”، وهي تسقط في القبلة. ووراء القُبَّةِ “الصُّرَدَانِ”.

;English translation

Then al‑Qubba (the Dome), which lies below the Sting of Scorpius (Šawlat al-ʿaqrab). The scattered stars below the Sting of Scorpius are called “al-Khayl” (the Horses), and they set in the direction of the qiblah. Behind al-Qubbah are “al-Ṣuradān.”
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;Stars identification
The rounded stars of al-Qubba are: θ, η1, ζ, δ, β, α, γ CrA.

[[File:Alqubba.png|thumb|center|400px|Star chart of the Arabian asterism ''Al-Qubba'' (القُبَّة). (CC BY Khalid AlAjaji 2026).]]
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|'''Al-Marzūqī (d. 421 H / 1030)''' (vol 2, p. 346, 349)<ref name="marzuqi"/>
;Original Arabic

و[أسفل] من شَوْلَةِ العَقْرَبِ كواكب يقال لها: القُبَّةُ، [...] ووراء القُبَّةِ الصُّرَدَانِ، أحدهما يجري قريبا من الأفق والآخر فوقه بحياله.

;English translation

And [below] the Sting of Scorpius are stars called “al-Qubba” (the Dome) […]. Behind al-Qubbah are “al-Ṣuradān”: one of them runs close to the horizon, and the other above it, aligned with it.

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|'''Al-Ṣūfī (d. 376 H / 986)'''<ref name="khalid2021sufi"/>

Original Arabic (description of Corona Australis)

وأما العرب، فقد اختلفت الروايات عنها في هذه الكواكب، فروى قوم منهم أنها تُسَمِّي هذه الكواكب: القُبَّةَ؛ لاستدارتها، وزعموا أنها أسفل من شَوْلَةِ العَقْرَبِ، وليس هناك كواكب مستديرة تشبه القُبَّةَ غيرها، وزعم أكثرهم أن وراء القُبَّةِ الصُّرَدَيْنِ</blockquote>

;English translation

As for the Arabs, the reports about these stars (Corona Australis) differ. Some relate that they call these stars “al-Qubba” (the Dome), because of their rounded form, and they claim that it lies below the Sting of Scorpius; and that there are no other rounded stars resembling a dome besides it. Most of them also assert that behind al-Qubbah are the two “al-Ṣuradān.”
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==IAU Working Group Star Names==

In 202x, the name ... was suggest as a star name in the area that is covered by the historical asterism. It is suggested to be used for ...

WGSN decided in ... 202x to name ... ...

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== Weblinks ==

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== Bibliography ==
Lisān al-ʿarab<ref name="lisan"/>, Kitāb al-Kawākib<ref name="khalid2021sufi"/>, Ibn Qutayba<ref name="qutayba"/>, Al-Marzūqī<ref name="marzuqi"/>, Kunitzsch<ref name="Kunitzsch1961"/>, Danielle Adams<ref name="Adams2018"/>, Laffitte (2012<ref name="Laffitte2012"/>, 2025<ref name="Laffitte2025"/>), Urjuzat al-Kawākib<ref name="khalid2021urjuza"/>, Al-Ṯaqafī<ref name="thaqafi"/>, Al-Farāhīdī<ref name="farahidi"/>, Al-Ṣūfī 1954<ref name="sufi1954"/> Ideler 1809<ref name="ideler"/>, Schjellerup<ref name="Schjellerup"/>

== Reference ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="lisan">لسان العرب، ابن منظور (توفي 711 هـ) 
Ibn Manẓūr (d. 711 H/~1312 AD), ''Lisān al-ʿarab''</ref>
<ref name="khalid2021sufi">[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s6JXzftwjMQ5rgZoGE3718EtBLBZtjzr كتاب الكواكب لأبي الحسين عبد الرحمن بن عمر الرازي المعروف بالصوفي (291-376)، تحقيق خالد بن عبد الله العجاجي. ]
[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s6JXzftwjMQ5rgZoGE3718EtBLBZtjzr ''Book of the stars'' by al-Ṣūfī (died 986): Critical edition with commentary by Khalid al-Ajaji, digital edition, 2021.]</ref>
<ref name="qutayba">أبو محمد عبد الله بن مسلم ابن قتيبة الدينوري المتوفى سنة 276هـ - 879م، كتاب الأنواء في مواسم العرب، دائرة المعارف العثمانية، حيدر أباد، الهند، 1375 هـ - 1956م. 
Ibn Qutayba ad-Dīnawarī, abū Muḥammad ʿabd Allah b. Muslim. d. 276 A.H / 879 A.D., ''Kitābu'l-Anwāʾ (on Meteorology of the Arabs)'', Dairatu'l-Maʿarifi'l-Osmania, Hyderabad - India 1956 A.D./1375 A.H.</ref>
<ref name="marzuqi">الإمام أبو علي أحمد بن محمد بن الحسن المرزوقي (توفي سنة 421 هـ)، الأزمنة والأمكنة، تحقيق د. محمد نايف الدليمي، عالم الكتب، بيروت، لبنان، 1422 هـ. 
Al-Marzūqī, Abū ʿAli Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥassan (d. 1030), ''Al-Azminah wa al-Amkinah'' (Times and Places), Edition by Dr. Mohammad Nayef al-Dulaymi, (Arabic print of the original book in 2002, World of Books, Beirut, Lebanon).</ref>
<ref name="Kunitzsch1961">Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. ''Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber.'' Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.</ref>
<ref name="Adams2018">Danielle Adams, ''Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise'', 2018</ref>
<ref name="Laffitte2012">Roland Laffitte, ''Le ciel des Arabes'', 2012</ref>
<ref name="Laffitte2025">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>
<ref name="khalid2021urjuza">[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s6JXzftwjMQ5rgZoGE3718EtBLBZtjzr?usp=sharing أرجوزة الكواكب لأبي علي الحسين بن عبد الرحمن بن عمر الرازي المعروف بابن الصوفي (ت بعد 400 ه، 1010م)، تحقيق خالد بن عبد الله العجاجي. ]
[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1s6JXzftwjMQ5rgZoGE3718EtBLBZtjzr?usp=sharing ''Poem of the stars'' by Ibn al-Ṣūfī (died after ~ 400H, 1010AD): Critical edition with commentary by Khalid al-Ajaji, digital edition, 2021.]</ref>
<ref name="thaqafi">عبد الله بن حسين بن عاصم الثقفي (توفي 403 هـ)، الأنواء والأزمنة، تحقيق: د. نوري حمودي القيسي، د. محمد نايف الدليمي، دار الجيل، بيروت، لبنان، 1416 هـ. 
Al-Ṯaqafī, ʿabd Allah ibn Ḥusayn ibn ʿāṣim (d. 403 H/ ~1013 AD), ''Al-Anwaʾ wa al-Azmina'', critical edition by Dr. Nūrī al-Qaysī and Dr. Moḥammad Nayef al-Dulaymī, Dar al-Jīl, Beirut, Lebanon, 1416 H/1996 AD.</ref>
<ref name="farahidi">أبو عبد الرحمن الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي (توفي 170 ه)، كتاب العين، 1400 – 1405 هـ. 
Al-Farāhīdī, abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḫalīl b. Aḥmad (died ~ 786 AD), ''Kitab al-ʿayn'', a lexicon titled: The book of ʿayn (Arabic letter العين), (Arabic print of the original book, 1980 – 1985).</ref>
<ref name="sufi1954">أبو الحسين عبدالرحمن بن عمر الرازي المعروف بالصوفي (المتوفى سنة 376 هـ/986م)، كتاب صور الكواكب الثمانية والأربعين، الطبعة الأولى بمطبعة مجلس دائرة المعارف العثمانية، حيدر أباد الدكن، الهند، 1375 هـ - 1954 م. 
Abūl-ḥusayn ʿabdur-Raḥmān aṣ-Ṣūfī. d. 376 A.H / 986 A.D., ''Ṣuwaru'l-Kawākib'', The Dairatu'l-Maʿarifi'l-Osmania, Hyderabad - Deccan - India, 1373 A.H./1954 A.D.</ref>
<ref name="ideler">Ideler, Ludwig, ''Untersuchungen über den Ursprung und die Bedeutung der Sternnamen'',Berlin 1809</ref>
<ref name="Schjellerup">Ṣūfī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn 'Umar, 903-986. ''Description Des étoiles Fixes''. traduction littérale avec des notes par H. C. F. C Schjellerup. St. Pétersbourg: Commissionnaires de lÁcadémie Impériale des sciences, 1874.</ref>
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