Abbas Wasim Efendi

Abbas Wasim Efendi
Born	1689 Bursa, Turkey
Died	1760 Istanbul, Turkey
Influences	Ulugh Beg, al-Birjandi

ʿAbbās Wasīm Efendi (born 1689, Bursa, Turkey – died 1760 in Istanbul) was an Ottoman astronomer who wrote translations and commentaries used by astronomers and timekeepers of the Ottoman state. His most important work is a Turkish commentary on Ulugh Beg's Zij.^[1]

Notes

1. Aydüz 2007.

References

• Aydüz, Salim (2007). "ʿAbbās Wasīm Efendi". In Thomas Hockey; et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 1–2. ISBN 9780387310220. (PDF version)