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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).]]
Arabic/ Arabian asterism
''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>
<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==
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per Khalid AlAjaji  
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>).  
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.
|
|-
| 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
|
|-
| 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===
===Discussion===

Revision as of 09:48, 26 March 2026


Authors: Roland Laffitte


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.[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

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)