List of Arabic star names

[1] Very old star names originated among people who lived in the Arabian Peninsula more than a thousand years ago, after the rise of Islam.

The astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in his Almagest (2nd century) tabulated the celestial position and brightness (visual magnitude) of 1,025 stars.

Ptolemy used a strategy of "figure reference" to identify stars according to their position within a familiar constellation or asterism (e.g., "in the right shoulder of The Hunter").

In Europe, during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, many ancient star names were copied or translated incorrectly by various writers, some of whom did not know the Arabic language very well.

In Arabic astronomy, Draco was divided into three parts: see also Alkaid see also Diphda see also Meissa also named Hassaleh Delta Sagittarii Lambda Sagittarii (vowels) [Al-Maraaqq] [Al-MuḤlifayn] [Al-MuḤlifayn] see also Algebar (vowels) aka Zaniah

The Book of Fixed Stars , a 10th-century synthesis of the comprehensive star catalogue in Ptolemy ’s Almagest with local Arabic astronomical traditions on the constellations (notably the constellation system of the Anwā’ ). This page shows Orion ( al-jabbar , "the giant"). The star Rigel in his foot derives its name from the Arabic rijl , "foot."