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Contribution List

1. Set time right - the impact of (mis-)calculating the Hijri Epoch in late imperial China

Dror Weil (University of Cambridge)

Upon the establishment of the Ming dynasty, the first emperor ordered the
translation and adaptation of the Hijri Islamic calendar and its related calculation
methods and ushered in a new era in the application of Islamicate mathematical
astronomy in early modern China. To coordinate the Hijri and the Chinese
calendrical systems, as well as to make use of these calendrical systems for...