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Barani, Syed Hasan (1951). “Muslim Researches in Geodesy.” In Al‐Bīrūnī Commemoration Volume, A. H. 362–A. H. 1362, pp. 1–52. Calcutta: Iran Society. (Includes transcriptions and an analysis of Arabic primary sources, as well as translations.)
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King, D. A. (2000). “Too Many Cooks … A New Account of the Earliest Geodetic Measurements.” Suhayl 1: 207–241. (Provides translated texts related to Marwarrūdhī's involvement with measuring the Earth.)
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Bolt, M. (2007). Marwarrūdhī: Khālid ibn ҁAbd al‐Malik al‐Marwarrūdhī. In: Hockey, T., et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_906
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