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	\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ '''δεξιοῦ ἀκροχείρου''' γ ὁ νότιος		\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ '''δεξιοῦ ἀκροχείρου''' γ ὁ νότιος
	\|(toon epi toy dexioy akrocheiroy 3 ho notios)		\|(toon epi toy dexioy akrocheiroy 3 ho notios)
	\|The southernmost of the '''3 stars on the right ~~band~~'''		\|The southernmost of the '''3 stars on the right hand'''
	\|ι And		\|ι And
	\|-		\|-
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	\|ὁ ἐκτὸς καὶ προηγούμενος τῶν ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ ἀκροχείρῳ γ		\|ὁ ἐκτὸς καὶ προηγούμενος τῶν ἐν τῷ δεξιῷ ἀκροχείρῳ γ
	\|(ho hektos kai proegoymenos toon hen too dexioo akrocheiroo 3)		\|(ho hektos kai proegoymenos toon hen too dexioo akrocheiroo 3)
	\|The '''star in advance of''' the three in the right hand, outside [ of it]		\|The '''star in advance of''' the three in the right hand, outside [of it]
	\|ο And		\|ο And
	\|}		\|}
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	=== Hand of Andromeda ===		=== Hand of Andromeda ===
	[[File:And asSufi stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|The Chained Woman in as-Sufi in Stellarium by Khalid Al Ajaji.]]		[[File:And asSufi stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|The Chained Woman in as-Sufi in Stellarium by Khalid Al Ajaji.]]
	[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's ~~new~~ invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).		[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).

	==== Spelling Variants: ====		==== Spelling Variants: ====
	* ''Keff al Salsalat'',		* ''Keff al Salsalat'',
	* or ''Keffalsalsalat'' in Al-Aḫsāsī<ref>E. B. Knobel (1895, MNRAS, 55, 429) "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket" (17th century, Arabic, from Cairo)</ref> from Latin transliteration "Manus Catenatae", used for ~~iota~~ Andromedae (ι And).		* or ''Keffalsalsalat'' in Al-Aḫsāsī<ref>E. B. Knobel (1895, MNRAS, 55, 429) "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket" (17th century, Arabic, from Cairo)</ref> from Latin transliteration "Manus Catenatae", used for Iota Andromedae (ι And).

	==== Transformation from the Greek to Arabic: ====		==== Transformation from the Greek to Arabic: ====
	The star ι And is described as ''Τῶν ἐπἰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ άκρόχειρον'' (Halma, II, 48-49), ''i.e.'' "at the end of the right hand" together with ''κ'' and ''λ'' And.		The star ι And is described as ''Τῶν ἐπἰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ άκρόχειρον'' (Halma, II, 48-49), ''i.e.'' "at the end of the right hand" together with κ and λ And.

	In Arabic,<ref>Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323</ref> al-Ḥağğāğ translates as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ṭaraf al-kaff'', “at the tip of the right palm” and Isḥāq as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ’l-kaff'', “on the palm”. Al-Battānī does not mention these stars. As for al-Ṣūfī, he uses also the word ''al-Kaff'' in their description, and al-Bīrūnī does the same after him.		In Arabic,<ref>Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323</ref> al-Ḥağğāğ translates as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ṭaraf al-kaff'', “at the tip of the right palm” and Isḥāq as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ’l-kaff'', “on the palm”. Al-Battānī does not mention these stars. As for al-Ṣūfī, he uses also the word ''al-Kaff'' in their description, and al-Bīrūnī does the same after him.
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	\|the Median of the Palm of the Chained One		\|the Median of the Palm of the Chained One
	\|Marrākušī (13th c)		\|Marrākušī (13th c)
	\|''κ And''		\|κ And
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
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	\|the Median of the Palm of the Chained One		\|the Median of the Palm of the Chained One
	\|Miṣrī (14th c.)		\|Miṣrī (14th c.)
	\|''κ And''		\|κ And
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
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	\|''Idem''		\|''Idem''
	\|Tīzīnī (16th c.)		\|Tīzīnī (16th c.)
	\|''κ And''		\|κ And
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
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	\|The Northern of the Palm of the Chained One		\|The Northern of the Palm of the Chained One
	\|Miṣrī(14th c.)		\|Miṣrī(14th c.)
	\|''λ And''		\|λ And
	\|}		\|}
	Only this one can be taken as a true proper name:		Only this one can be taken as a true proper name:
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	\|the Palm of the Chain One		\|the Palm of the Chain One
	\|Aḫsāsī (17th)		\|Aḫsāsī (17th)
	\|''ι And''		\|ι And
	\|}		\|}

	~~Nota bene~~ :		NB:

	'''''Keff-i müselsele''''' is indicated for ''κ And'' by Mustafa Pultar<ref>Mustafa Pultar, Yıldız Adları Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Star Names, Stanbul, 2010.</ref>, name taken in the form ''Kaff al Musalsala'' by Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323.		'''''Keff-i müselsele''''' is indicated for κ And by Mustafa Pultar<ref>Mustafa Pultar, Yıldız Adları Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Star Names, Stanbul, 2010.</ref>, name taken in the form ''Kaff al Musalsala'' by Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323.

	'''Remarks.'''		'''Remarks.'''
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	# al-Aḫsāsī reads ''al-salasa'' in the manuscript, which is, as he quotes it (p. 436, n. 31), a scribal error for ''al-musalsala'', "the Chained One." It seems reasonable to reintroduce the exact word.		# al-Aḫsāsī reads ''al-salasa'' in the manuscript, which is, as he quotes it (p. 436, n. 31), a scribal error for ''al-musalsala'', "the Chained One." It seems reasonable to reintroduce the exact word.
	# In the transcription currently used, we write ''kaff'' and no longer ''keff'', and the final /''t''/ of ''Salsalat'' is not justified. The name would therefore be ''Kaff al-Musalsala'', which is roughly the spelling used by Mustafa Pular in his catalog for ''κ And''.		# In the transcription currently used, we write ''kaff'' and no longer ''keff'', and the final /''t''/ of ''Salsalat'' is not justified. The name would therefore be ''Kaff al-Musalsala'', which is roughly the spelling used by Mustafa Pular in his catalog for ''κ And''.
	# The stars ''ι'', ''κ'' and ''λ And'' all three deserve the name ''Kaff al-musalsala'', but their magnitudes are respectively: 4.29, 4.15, and 3.81. As we can see, ''λ And'' is the ~~largest~~.		# The stars ι, κ and λ And all three deserve the name ''Kaff al-musalsala'', but their magnitudes are respectively: 4.29, 4.15, and 3.81. As we can see, ''λ And'' is the brightest.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	[[File:Kaffalmusalsala profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Kaffalmusalsala profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Kaffalmusalsala (كفّ المسلسة)}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Kaffalmusalsala (كفّ المسلسة)}}
	[[File:And Laffitte2025.png\|thumb\|Andromeda / al-Mar’at al-musalsala, «the Chained Woman», drawing after al-Ṣūfī’s ms of Saint Petersburg by Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoiles : 500 noms hérités des Arabes (2025), p. 324, and Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), p. 23.]]
	[[File:Kaffalmusalsala profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Kaffalmusalsala profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>
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	''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP 116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.		''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP 116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.
	[[File:Kaffalmusalsala stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]		[[File:Kaffalmusalsala stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
			[[File:And Laffitte2025.png\|thumb\|Andromeda / al-Mar’at al-musalsala, «the Chained Woman», drawing after al-Ṣūfī’s ms of Saint Petersburg by Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoiles : 500 noms hérités des Arabes (2025), p. 324, and Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), p. 23.]]

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	[[File:And Laffitte2025.png\|thumb\|Andromeda / al-Mar’at al-musalsala, «the Chained Woman», drawing after al-Ṣūfī’s ms of Saint Petersburg by Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoiles : 500 noms hérités des Arabes (2025), p. 324, and Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), p. 23.]]		[[File:And Laffitte2025.png\|thumb\|Andromeda / al-Mar’at al-musalsala, «the Chained Woman», drawing after al-Ṣūfī’s ms of Saint Petersburg by Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoiles : 500 noms hérités des Arabes (2025), p. 324, and Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), p. 23.]]
			[[File:Kaffalmusalsala profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]
	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>

	''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP 116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.		''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP 116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.
			[[File:Kaffalmusalsala stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg\|thumb\|Kaffalmusalsala in a stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour, OAE Iran).]]

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>

	''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for ~~HIP116805~~ (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.		''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP 116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
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	* [[References\|References (general)]]		* [[References\|References (general)]]
	* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]		* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (early modern)]]
	* Ian Ridpath's website ([http://ianridpath.com/startales Star Tales] )		* Ian Ridpath's website ([http://ianridpath.com/startales/andromeda.html Star Tales – Andromeda] )

	[[Category:Arabic‏‎]]		[[Category:Arabic‏‎]]

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	[[File:KapAnd Exoplanet stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|κ Andromedae in Stellarium: exoplanet display (Zotti et al. 2020).]]		[[File:KapAnd Exoplanet stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|κ Andromedae in Stellarium: exoplanet display (Zotti et al. 2020).]]
	[[File:PR 121119 2en gr.jpg\|thumb\|''Three false color images of the κ And ("Kappa Andromedae") system, generated from data collected in July 2012 with the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i. In each image, the Super-Jupiter κ And b is visible to the upper left. Image credit: NAOJ / Subaru / J. Carson(College of Charleston) / T. Currie (University Toronto). See [https://www2.mpia-hd.mpg.de/Public/Aktuelles/PR_2/2012/PR121119/PR_121119_en.html MPIA press release for more information].'' ]]		[[File:PR 121119 2en gr.jpg\|thumb\|''Three false color images of the κ And ("Kappa Andromedae") system, generated from data collected in July 2012 with the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i. In each image, the Super-Jupiter κ And b is visible to the upper left. Image credit: NAOJ / Subaru / J. Carson(College of Charleston) / T. Currie (University Toronto). See [https://www2.mpia-hd.mpg.de/Public/Aktuelles/PR_2/2012/PR121119/PR_121119_en.html MPIA press release for more information].'' ]]
	The name "Keffalsalsalat" was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2023 due to its appearance in modern literature (Knobel 1895). The name is not in Simbad or anyhow known in the public. From the group of three, ~~lambda~~ would be the brightest, but has an older name ([[Asidu]]); so we would suggest the second brightest, ~~kappa~~ Andromedae (κ And), to be named with the Arabic term. However, we suggest to correct Knobel's spelling from the 19th century and name the star ''[[Kaffalmusalsala]]'' (adapted to the IAU-Style Guide, simplified to pre-Unicode ASCII).		The name "Keffalsalsalat" was suggested to the IAU WGSN in 2023 due to its appearance in modern literature (Knobel 1895). The name is not in Simbad or anyhow known in the public. From the group of three, Lambda would be the brightest, but has an older name ([[Asidu]]); so we would suggest the second brightest, Kappa Andromedae (κ And), to be named with the Arabic term. However, we suggest to correct Knobel's spelling from the 19th century and name the star ''[[Kaffalmusalsala]]'' (adapted to the IAU-Style Guide, simplified to pre-Unicode ASCII).
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	==IAU Working Group on Star Names==		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==

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	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the ~~tranlsation~~ "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant "Keff al Salsalat" is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		[[File:And Laffitte2025.png\|thumb\|Andromeda / al-Mar’at al-musalsala, «the Chained Woman», drawing after al-Ṣūfī’s ms of Saint Petersburg by Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoiles : 500 noms hérités des Arabes (2025), p. 324, and Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), p. 23.]]
			The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al-Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the translation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and al-Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant ''Keff al Salsalat'' is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>

	Kaffalmusalsala is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.		''Kaffalmusalsala'' is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
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			(Heiberg 1894)<ref>Claudii Ptolemaei Syntaxis Mathematica, ed. Heiberg, J.L., Teubner Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig 1898</ref>
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	(Toomer 1984)		(Toomer 1984)<ref>Ptolemy’s Almagest, Engl. translation by Toomer, G.J., Princeton Uni. Press, 1998, Orig.: London, 1984</ref>
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	=== Andromeda in Arabic texts ===		=== Andromeda in Arabic texts<ref>Roland Laffitte, Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), 23.</ref> ===

	* ''Ἀνδρομέδα'' > ''Andrūmāḏā'' (Isḥāq),		* ''Ἀνδρομέδα'' > ''Andrūmāḏā'' (Isḥāq),
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	[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's new invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).		[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's new invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).

	Spelling ~~Variant~~:		==== Spelling Variants: ====
			* ''Keff al Salsalat'',
	* "Keff al Salsalat", or "Keffalsalsalat" in Al ~~Mouakket~~<ref>E. B. Knobel (1895, MNRAS, 55, 429) "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket" (17th century, Arabic, from Cairo)</ref> from Latin transliteration "Manus Catenatae", used for iota Andromedae (ι And).		* or ''Keffalsalsalat'' in Al-Aḫsāsī<ref>E. B. Knobel (1895, MNRAS, 55, 429) "On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket" (17th century, Arabic, from Cairo)</ref> from Latin transliteration "Manus Catenatae", used for iota Andromedae (ι And).

			==== Transformation from the Greek to Arabic: ====
	The star ι And is described as ''Τῶν ἐπἰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ άκρόχειρον'' (Halma, II, 48-49), ''i.e.'' "at the end of the right hand" together with ''κ'' and ''λ'' And.		The star ι And is described as ''Τῶν ἐπἰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ άκρόχειρον'' (Halma, II, 48-49), ''i.e.'' "at the end of the right hand" together with ''κ'' and ''λ'' And.

	In Arabic, al-Ḥağğāğ translates as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ṭaraf al-kaff'', “at the tip of the right palm” and Isḥāq as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ’l-kaff'', “on the palm”. Al-Battānī does not mention these stars. As for al-Ṣūfī, he uses also the word ''al-Kaff'' in their description, and al-Bīrūnī does the same after him.		In Arabic,<ref>Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323</ref> al-Ḥağğāğ translates as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ṭaraf al-kaff'', “at the tip of the right palm” and Isḥāq as ''<sup>c</sup>lā ’l-kaff'', “on the palm”. Al-Battānī does not mention these stars. As for al-Ṣūfī, he uses also the word ''al-Kaff'' in their description, and al-Bīrūnī does the same after him.

	Then the following identifications appear chronologically:		Then the following identifications appear chronologically:<ref>Roland Laffitte, Catalogue of the Greco-Arabian Sky (2025), 23.</ref>
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			Nota bene :

			'''''Keff-i müselsele''''' is indicated for ''κ And'' by Mustafa Pultar<ref>Mustafa Pultar, Yıldız Adları Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Star Names, Stanbul, 2010.</ref>, name taken in the form ''Kaff al Musalsala'' by Roland Laffitte in ''Nommer les étoiles500 noms hérités des Arabes'' (2025), 323.

	'''Remarks.'''		'''Remarks.'''

	# al-Aḫsāsī reads ''al-salasa'' in the manuscript, which is, as he quotes it (p. 436, n. 31), a scribal error for ''al-musalsala'', "the Chained One." It seems reasonable to reintroduce the exact word.		# al-Aḫsāsī reads ''al-salasa'' in the manuscript, which is, as he quotes it (p. 436, n. 31), a scribal error for ''al-musalsala'', "the Chained One." It seems reasonable to reintroduce the exact word.
	# In the transcription currently used, we write ''kaff'' and no longer ''~~Keff~~'', and the final /''t''/ of ''Salsalat'' is not justified. The name would therefore be ''Kaff al-Musalsala'', which is roughly the spelling used by Mustafa Pular in his catalog for ''κ And''.		# In the transcription currently used, we write ''kaff'' and no longer ''keff'', and the final /''t''/ of ''Salsalat'' is not justified. The name would therefore be ''Kaff al-Musalsala'', which is roughly the spelling used by Mustafa Pular in his catalog for ''κ And''.
	# The stars ''ι'', ''κ'' and ''λ And'' all three deserve the name ''Kaff al-musalsala'', but their magnitudes are respectively: 4.29, 4.15, and 3.81. As we can see, ''λ And'' is the largest.		# The stars ''ι'', ''κ'' and ''λ And'' all three deserve the name ''Kaff al-musalsala'', but their magnitudes are respectively: 4.29, 4.15, and 3.81. As we can see, ''λ And'' is the largest.

	==Mythology==		==Mythology==

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	The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the tranlsation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant "Keff al Salsalat" is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>		The asterism formed by the three stars ι, ''κ'' and ''λ'' [[Andromeda]]<nowiki/>e is called "Andromeda's right hand" in ancient Greek texts and their derivatives. One of the Arabic translations is '''''Kaff al Musalsala''''' ''/'''''كفّ المسلسة.''' Herein, al Musalala is from the tranlsation "The Chained Woman" in Isḥāq and Ṣūfī and "Kaff" is for the hand. The variant "Keff al Salsalat" is given in Knobel (1895).<ref>Knobel, E.B. (1895). On a Catalogue of Stars in the Calendarium of Mohammad Al Achsasi Al Mouakket. MNRAS, 55, 429K ([https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1895cscm.book.....K/abstract online])</ref>

			Kaffalmusalsala is a modern star name adopted by the International Astronomical Union in the IAU-Catalog of Star Names (IAU-CSN) for HIP116805 (κ And, HR 8976) in constellation And.

	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==

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	~~The WGSN chose to adopt the name "Kaffalmusalsala" for κ And in the IAU-CSN.~~

	~~== Weblinks ==~~

	*		==IAU Working Group on Star Names==
			The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2025/05/08. The WGSN chose to adopt the name "Kaffalmusalsala" for κ And in the IAU-CSN.

			==Weblinks==
			* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/

	== Reference ==		== Reference ==
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	[[Category:And‏‎]]		[[Category:And‏‎]]
	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:East Asian]]		[[Category:East Asian]]

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	=== Hand of Andromeda ===		=== Hand of Andromeda ===
			[[File:And asSufi stellarium.jpg\|thumb\|The Chained Woman in as-Sufi in Stellarium by Khalid Al Ajaji.]]
	[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's new invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).		[[Andromeda]]'s right arm has always been drawn in the area of the sky with this asterism (until Bode's new invention of the constellation [[Honores Friderici]] in 1795).