Flourished: Marw [near the modern city of Mary, Turkmenistan]. Kharaqī is the author of 2 works on hay’a: (1) al-Tabṣira fī `ilm al-hay’a (Conspectus of the science of astronomy). A popular work and about a dozen manuscripts survive (including several copied into Hebrew letters). Two commentaries were written, one by the Yemeni Jew Alu’el ben Yesha`, the other anonymous; and a Hebrew translation has been identified. (2) Muntahā al-idrāk fī taqāsīm al-aflāk (The utmost attainment in the configuration of the orbs). A longer work; only a few mss are extant. [BEA, Y. Tzvi Langermann] A German translation of the introduction to both works is due to Wiedemann and Kohl [1926-27]; reprinted in Wiedemann [1970], 2:628-643; Ziriqli (Beirut, 1980), 5:317; Kahhala, 8:238; King, 148; MAMS.2:173 [no.435] NOTE: MS Crh. 1483.2 is a work entitled "Mukhtaṣār fī `ilm al-hay’a"  attributed to a Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Kharaqī