Selected virtues of the pioneers of astrology in the East and Andalusia

Book of Selected Benefits from the Notable Figures of Astrology in the East and Al-Andalus by researcher Muhammad Bashir Hassan Radi Al-Amiri. A documentary and investigative work that addresses the contributions of the most prominent scholars of astrology in Islamic civilization, especially in the Islamic East and Al-Andalus, with a focus on the astronomical, calendrical, and cognitive aspects related to astrology as understood in its historical context. The author traces the biographies of a number of astrologers and astronomers who stood out between the Middle Ages, presenting samples of their writings and opinions, highlighting the relationship between astrology and astronomy, and their influence on politics, medicine, and general thought in Islamic eras. It also discusses how astrology was used in reading planets to determine times, interpret phenomena, or even make decisive decisions. The book combines historical narration and cognitive analysis, offering rare material for those interested in the history of sciences in the Islamic world, especially related to astronomy, planetary movements, and their connection to scientific and philosophical beliefs of that time.