![al-Zarqali [known as Azarchiel, Azaquiel, Azachel or As Sarkali] (around 1080)](https://images.tandf.co.uk/common/jackets/crclarge/978100322/9781003220435.jpg "al-Zarqali [known as Azarchiel, Azaquiel, Azachel or As Sarkali] (around 1080)")
ABSTRACT
Spanish Islamic astronomer and instrument-maker (in Andalusia). Developed new theories of solar motion and edited the Toledan Tables, based in part on Indian methods of calculation of the positions of the planets. These tables influenced the Alfonsine Tables (see ALFONSO X).
