The millennium-old hydrogeology textbook <i>The Extraction of Hidden Waters</i> by the Persian mathematician and engineer Abubakr Mohammad Karaji (953&thinsp;CE–1029&thinsp;CE)

Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad; Simmons, Craig T.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-761-2020

Articles | Volume 24, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-761-2020

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History of hydrology (HESS/HGSS inter-journal SI)

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-761-2020

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19 Feb 2020

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The millennium-old hydrogeology textbook The Extraction of Hidden Waters by the Persian mathematician and engineer Abubakr Mohammad Karaji (953 CE–1029 CE)

Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani and Craig T. Simmons

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Final revised paper (published on 19 Feb 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Question on Extraction of Hidden Waters as the first textbook on hydrology', Joeri van Engelen, 04 Sep 2019
- AC1: 'Response to comments of SC1', Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, 18 Nov 2019
RC1: 'manuscript review', Stathis C. Stiros, 23 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to comments of Referee 1', Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, 18 Nov 2019
RC2: 'water history', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Response to comments of Referee 2', Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, 18 Nov 2019
RC3: 'Interactive comments on “The millennium old hydrogeology textbook “The Extraction of Hidden Waters” by the Persian mathematician and engineer Abubakr Mohammad Karaji (c. 953–c. 1029)” by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani and Craig T. Simmons', S. Majid Hassanizadeh, 19 Nov 2019
- AC4: 'Response to comments of Referee 3', Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani, 29 Nov 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (07 Dec 2019) by Keith Beven

AR by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani on behalf of the Authors (17 Dec 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (23 Jan 2020) by Keith Beven

AR by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani on behalf of the Authors (24 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (25 Jan 2020) by Keith Beven

AR by Behzad Ataie-Ashtiani on behalf of the Authors (28 Jan 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

We revisit and shed light on the textbook The Extraction of Hidden Waters by the Persian mathematician and engineer Abubakr Mohammad Karaji. Ground-breaking ideas and descriptions of hydrological and hydrogeological perceptions such as components of the hydrological cycle, groundwater quality and driving factors for groundwater flow were presented in the book. We speculate that Karaji's book is the first of its kind to provide a construction and maintenance manual for an engineering project.