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[[File:Rumh of Simakan RL map+draw.png|thumb|Arabian constellation al-Simakan, The Two Supporters, with Lances and | [[File:Rumh of Simakan RL map+draw.png|thumb|Arabian constellation al-Simakan, The Two Supporters, with Lances, Arms and Throne (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> | ''al-Simākān'', the 2 Simaks = Two Supporters, is an Arabian constellation of two men, one in arms, one disarmed.<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== | ==Concordance, Etymology, History== | ||
Latest revision as of 09:52, 26 March 2026
Authors: Roland Laffitte
al-Simākān, the 2 Simaks = Two Supporters, is an Arabian constellation of two men, one in arms, one disarmed.[1][2][3]
Concordance, Etymology, History
Adams (2018),[4] pp. xx-xx. ...
per Khalid AlAjaji
Laffitte (2012[5], 2025[6]) gives the image as « les 2 Simaks = les 2 Soutiens » which consists of several named stars:
| Name
(orig.) |
Name | translation | identification
(RL) |
author | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| al-Simākān | the 2 Simaks = the 2 Supporters | α Boo +α Vir | Ṣūfī | ||
| al-Simāk al-Aᶜzal | The Disarmed Simak / Azimech | α Vir | Hağğāğ | ||
| al-Aᶜzal | Alaazel = the Disarmed/ | Yaḥya | |||
| al-Aḥyam | The Cunning One ( ?) | Ét. Tibbetts. | |||
| al-Uḥaymir | The Little Red One | Ét. Tibbetts. | |||
| Muqaddam al-Aᶜzal | Alaazel’s Anterior | θ Vir | Miṣrī | ||
| Aᶜlām al-Simāk | The Announcement/ Harbinger of Simak | η UMa | Miṣrī | ||
| ᶜArš al-Simāk al-Aᶜzal | the Throne of the Disarmed Simak | βγδε Crv | Qutayba | ||
| al-Simāk al-Rāmiḥ | the Armed Simak | α Boo | Qutayba | ||
| al-Rāmiḥ | the Lancer | Ṣūfī | |||
| al-Silāḥ | the Arms | Ṣūfī |
| Adjacent Star Names of al-Simākān | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name
(orig.) |
Name | translation | identification
(RL) |
author | note |
| al-Rumḥ | la Lance | η Boo | Ṣūfī | ||
| Mirzam al-Simāk | the Predecessor of Simak | Marzūqī | |||
| Mufrad al-Rāmiḥ | The Isolated One of Alramech | Tīzīnī | |||
| Rāyat al-Simāk | the Standard of Simak | ε Boo | Qutayba | ||
| Tābiᶜ al-Simāk | the Follower of Simak | Ṣūfī | |||
| al-ᶜAḍaba | the Belt | ρσ Boo | Ṣūfī | ||
| al-Silāḥ | the Arms | τυ Boo | Ṣūfī | ||
Discussion
IAU Working Group Star Names
Weblinks
Reference
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
- ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
