Khawānikī, Ramaḍān ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Safaṭī, d. 1745.

Important 18th-century Egyptian astronomer; pupil of Egyptian astronomers Riḍwān Afandī al-Falakī (d. 1710) and Muḥammad al-Birshamsī; close friend of Ḥasan al-Jabartī; his writings very popular in 18th-19th centuries. See J. Heyworth-Dunne, An Introduction to the History of Education in Modern Egypt (London, 1938), p. 79.

From the description of al-Itḥāf ʻalá nubdhat al-isʻāf : fī maʻrifat qaws al-khilāf wa-huwa ḥall muqawwimāt al-ʻuqūd wa-basṭuhā lil-ajzā wa-basṭ ʻuqūd kull shayʼ ka-al-juyūb wa-al-ẓilal wa-al-maṭāliʻ wa-ghayrihā min al-aʻmāl al-falakīyah : manuscript, [1st half of 18th cent.?]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365795

From the description of Kifāyat al-ṭālib li-ʻilm al-waqt wa-bughyat al-rāghib fī maʻrifat al-dāyir wa-faḍlihi wa-al-samt : manuscript, [1st half of 18th cent.?] [electronic resource] / li-sayyidī Ramaḍān al-Khawānikī. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756448758

From the description of Kifāyat al-ṭālib li-ʻilm al-waqt wa-bughyat al-rāghib fī maʻrifat al-dāyir wa-faḍlihi wa-al-samt : manuscript, [1st half of 18th cent.?] / li-sayyidī Ramaḍān al-Khawānikī. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34365804