Astronomy - 'ilm al-haya ("the science of form"), 'ilm al-falaq ("the science of the celestial sphere"), 'ilm al-nujum ("the science of the stars") - was one of the popular sciences in the Muslim East of the Middle Ages and Modern Times, with the last two terms being used in the Middle Ages and Modern Times. in the Muslim scientific tradition, both astronomy and astrology were designated. The achievements of astronomers in the Muslim world were more accurate measurement of the size of the globe, geographical coordinates of cities, the angle between the ecliptic and the celestial equator, the periods of rotation of the Sun and Moon and eclipses, description of the movement of the Sun, Moon and planets and increasingly advanced geometric models of these movements, measurement of ecliptic coordinates of fixed stars and their magnitudes [Matvievskaya, Rosenfeld, 1983 (1), pp. 79-82]. Currently, there are no successors of eastern astronomical traditions in Dagestan. It is possible to state the continuity of the transmission of astronomical knowledge for two and a half centuries, starting from al-Kuduka and ending with Murtaza Hasanov. Dagestani 'ulamas', who were interested in astronomy, enjoyed the entire heritage of Muslim astronomical science, and the Eastern Caucasus was closely connected with the educational centers of the Muslim world, which was a single scientific and educational space where the process of active exchange of knowledge and experience took place. Keywords: Islam in Russia, astronomy in the East, Islamic culture, Dagestan, 'Ulama', Madrasa. Thanks to the research of modern Dagestani Orientalists in state, public, and private manuscript collections, a number of works on astronomy that were in circulation within Dagestan were identified. The most common were: al-Mulahhas by al-Khwarizmi, a popular textbook of astronomy, and Sharh, i.e. a commentary on it by ar-Rumi; al-Hay'at al-saniyya by al-Suyuti; "Risalat aukat as-salat wa-salit al-qibla" al-Khalkh ... Читать далее