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[[File:Al-Rumh.png|thumb|Star chart of the Arabian asterism al-Rumh (الرُّمْح) as defined by al-Ṣūfī in the area of Boötis constellation. (CC BY Khalid AlAjaji 2026).]]
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==== ''Al-Rumḥ'' (The Spear) ====
In classical Arabic astronomy, '''''al-Rumḥ''''' (الرمح, "the lance" or "the spear") refers to an asterism associated with the star '''Arcturus''' ($\alpha$ Boötis). Historical interpretations of its composition and nomenclature vary between the philological ''Anwāʾ'' tradition and the later mathematical astronomical tradition.


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Authors: Khalid Al-Ajaji, Susanne M Hoffmann, Roland Laffitte

Arabian constellation al-Simak with Lances and Armes (CC BY Roland Laffitte 2025).

Al-Rumḥ (الرُّمْح) is an asterism in the Arabian constellation al-Simākān in Bootes.[1][2][3]

Concordance, Etymology, History

Headword (Arabic): الرُّمْح

Transliteration: al-Rumḥ

IPA: ar.rumħ

Adams (2018),[4] pp. xx-xx.

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Star chart of the Arabian asterism al-Rumh (الرُّمْح) as defined by al-Ṣūfī in the area of Boötis constellation. (CC BY Khalid AlAjaji 2026).

Al-Rumḥ (The Spear)

In classical Arabic astronomy, al-Rumḥ (الرمح, "the lance" or "the spear") refers to an asterism associated with the star Arcturus ($\alpha$ Boötis). Historical interpretations of its composition and nomenclature vary between the philological Anwāʾ tradition and the later mathematical astronomical tradition.

Laffitte (2012[5], 2025[6]) treats Al-Rumh as an alternative name for Muphrid (η Boo) in the constellation al-Simākān, The Two Supporters, one armed, one disarmed:

  • Rumh. Ar. الرمح al-Rumḥ, ‘the Spear’, al-Ṣūfī > Lat. Alromh, Yehūda b. Mošè, Lancea, Apian. Later, al-Rumḥ, al-Qazwīnī, not transcribed by Ideler, who gives Rumḥ al-Rāmiḥ according to al-Tīzīnī > ‘Rumh el-râmih’. Hence Ruma c/ Buttmann, ‘Al-Rumḥ’ p/ Allen, Nit. 02. Rumh al Ramih, Wiki/en
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

Reference

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Kunitzsch, Paul. 1961. Untersuchungen zur Sternnomenklatur der Araber. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Danielle Adams, Rain Stars Set, Lunar Stations Rise, 2018
  5. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Le ciel des Arabes, 2012
  6. ↑ Roland Laffitte, Nommer les étoile: 500 noms hérités des Arabes - Apport de l'uranographie arabe, Orient des Mots, 2025 (online)
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