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By the power of its RA fraction the 9th manzil Al Zubrah (the Mane) must have been ruled by Coxa (θ Leonis):

1 Al Sharatain Pair of Signs β Arietis (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) 27.4 April 17 (107) - 0
2 Al Dabarān Follower α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´, γ (Hyadum I), δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) 63.4 May 23 (143) 36 36
3 Al Hak'ah White Spot λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² 84.4 June 13 (164) 21 57
4 Al Han'ah Brand γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr) 93.4 June 22 (173) 9 66
5 Al Dhirā' Forearm α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux) 113.4 July 12 (193) 20 86
6 Al Nathrah Gap ε Cancri (Beehive) 130.4 July 29 (210) 17 103
7 Al Tarf End ξ Cancri, λ Leonis (Alterf) 143.4 August 11 (223) 13 116
8 Al Jabhah Forehead η Leonis (Al Jabhah), α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ (Algieba) 152.4 August 20 (232) 9 125
9 Al Zubrah Mane δ Leonis (Zosma), θ (Coxa) 169.4 Sept 6 (249) 17 142
August 10 11 12 13 (225)
Cb6-1 (508) Cb6-2 Cb6-3 Cb6-4
E haga o tere hia - te manu manu gutu pao hia - tagata te marama
Al Minhar al Asad (141.6), Alphard (142.3) Al Tarf A Hydrae (144.1) Ukdah (145.4),  κ Hydrae (145.5)
ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7), ψ Velorum (143.3),  ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)
February 10 11 12 (408) 13
Alphirk (325.7), Sadalsud (325.9) Castra (327.2), Bunda (327.5) Nashira (328.0) Azelfafage, κ Capricorni (328.7), Enif, Erakis (329.2), Jih, 46 Capricorni (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4)
August 14 15 16 (228)
Cb6-5 Cb6-6 Cb6-7
ihe tamaiti kotia - te hokohuki kava haati
Subra (145.8), ψ Leonis (146.4) Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) Vathorz Prior (147.9), υ¹ Hydrae (148.4)
February 14 15 16 (412)
λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), Deneb Algiedi (329.8), θ Piscis Austrini (330.1) Kuh (331.4) no star listed
August 17 18 (230) 19 20
Cb6-8 Cb6-9 Cb6-10 Cb6-11
kiore te hokohuki kua tu te rau hei te moko - te hokohuki
Ras Elaset Borealis (148.7) Tseen Ke (149.9), ν Leonis (150.1) π Leonis (150.6) Al Jabhah (10h,152.2)
υ² Hydrae (151.8), AL JABHAH (152.4)
February 17 18 19 20 (416)
η Piscis Austrini (333.4) Kae Uh (334.0), Al Kurhah (334.4) 22h (334.8) Woo (335.7), Baham, τ Piscis Austrini (335.8), ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3)
Sadalmelik (334.6), ι Aquarii, ν Pegasi (334.7), ι Pegasi (335.0), Alnair (335.1), μ Piscis Austrini, υ Piscis Austrini (335.3)
August 21 22 23 (235)
Cb6-12 Cb6-13 (520) Cb6-14
tu te rau hei ku hakahonui raua
Regulus (152.7), λ Hydrae (153.2) no star listed Adhafera, Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7), Algieba, q Carinae (155.5)
February 21 22 (418) 23 (Terminalia)
-/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis Austrini (336.8), ε Cephei (337.2),  1/325 Lac. (337.3), Ancha (337.4) α Tucanae (337.9), ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac. (338.5) Sadachbia (338.6), β/172 Lac. (339.2), 4/1100 Lac. (339.4), π Aquarii (339.5)
Castor (419)
August 24 25 (237) 26 27
Cb6-15 Cb6-16 Cb6-17 Cb6-18 (525)
kiore hokohuki te rau hei te moko e te hokohuki
Tania Australis (156.0) μ Hydrae (157.1) no star listed Shir (158.9), p Carinae (159.3)
 24 (Bissextum) 25 26 (422) 27
, δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2), ζ Aquarii (340.4), Alrediph (340.5) σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9), α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5) υ Aquarii (341.9), η Aquarii (342.1) Situla (342.7), ε Piscis Austrini (343.5)
August 28 29 30 (242)
Cb6-19 Cb6-20 Cb6-21 (528)
kua tupu te mea ke
φ Hydrae (160.3) no star listed Vathorz Posterior (162.1)
February 28 29 (425) March 1
ο Pegasi (343.8), Matar (344.2) Leap night λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1)
August 31 September 1 2 (245) 3 4
Cb6-22 Cb6-23 (530) Cb6-24 Cb6-25 Cb6-26
kotia hia te kava tu kiore tu te ika te moko e te hokohuki
Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6), ν Hydrae (163.1) no stars listed Alkes (165.6), Merak (166.2) 11h (167.4)
Dubhe (166.7)
March 2 3 4 (429) 5 6
τ Aquarii (345.7), μ Pegasi (345.9), ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5)  Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4) Fomalhaut (347.8), Fum al Samakah (348.3) Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), Markab Pegasi (349.5) 23h (350.0)
no star listed
September 5 6 7 (250) 8 9
Cb6-27 Cb6-28 Cb6-29 (536) Cb7-1 Cb7-2
kua tupu te kihikihi ku kikiu te henua Te hokohuki te moko
no star listed Al Zubrah Alula (170.5)  Labrum (170.6) λ Crateris (171.6), ε Crateris (171.9), γ Crateris, π Centauri (172.0), κ Crateris (172.5)
 Al Sharas (168.6), Zosma (169.2), COXA (169.4)
March 7 8 9 10 11 (436)
π Cephei (350.6) Simmah (351.7), φ Aquarii (352.0), ψ Aquarii (352.4) χ Aquarii (352.6), γ Tucanae (352.8), ο Cephei (353.3) Kerb (353.6), κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4) υ Pegasi (354.9)

Allen:

"θ, 3.5, in the manzil Al Zubrah shares with δ [Leonis] the title Al Harātān, Al Bīrūnī saying that 'when they rise Suhail is seen in Al Izak', - wherever this may be.

The Century Cyclopedia gives Chort as the individual name, from the combined title.

Ulug Beg substituted the 5th magnitude Fl. 72 for δ as the second member of the manzil, his translator placing them in coxis, 'in the hips' as does the Heis Atlas."

"Zosma and Zozma [for δ Leonis] are from Ζωσμα, the Girdle, found in the Persian Tables; but its propriety as a stellar title is doubtful, for the star is on the Lion's rump, near the tail.

Ulug Beg very correctly termed it Al Thahr al Asad, the Lion's Back, which has become Duhr and Dhur of modern catalogues.

With θ, on the hind quarter, it constituted the 9th manzil, Al Zubrah, the Mane, and itself bears this name as Zubra, - strange titles for star and station so far away from that feature of the animal.

δ and θ also were Al Kāhil al Asad, the Space between the Shoulders of the Lion; and Al Harātān, sometimes transcribed Chortan, and translated the Two Little Ribs, or the two Khurt, or Holes, penetrating into the interior of the Lion, but all these seem as inapplicable as are the other titles."

The Greek letter θ (for Coxa) could, I suggest, refer to a point halfway through the cycle of the Sun, in the midline (the 'Girdle', Ζωσμα) between his upper and lower parts, a position where things are 'good', nfr:

Possibly the name Mane (Al Zubra) of the Lion refers back to the position of the star η Leonis (AL JABHAH), which in turn could refer back to some star on the Lion's Forehead, such as μ.(Ras Elaset Borealis).

The name of the 7th manzil Al Tarf means the End, and it could refer to a point of turning around, possibly changing the time order so that the guiding stars of the following manazil not will be in front but at the back side (end) of the manzil.

If 22h (at the heliacal rising of Sadalmelik - the Lucky King) should mark the completed Sun cycle, then its half should be at 11h.

11h / 24h * 365.25 = 167.4 and this fraction is in harmony with the manzil structure. 13 * 19 = 247 = 167 + 80.

1 Al Sharatain Pair of Signs β Arietis (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) 27.4 April 17 (107) - 0
2 Al Dabarān Follower α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´, γ (Hyadum I), δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) 63.4 May 23 (143) 36 36
3 Al Hak'ah White Spot λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ² 84.4 June 13 (164) 21 57
4 Al Han'ah Brand γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr) 93.4 June 22 (173) 9 66
5 Al Dhirā' Forearm α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux) 113.4 July 12 (193) 20 86
6 Al Nathrah Gap ε Cancri (Beehive) 130.4 July 29 (210) 17 103
7 Al Tarf End ξ Cancri, λ Leonis (Alterf) 143.4 August 11 (223) 13 116
8 Al Jabhah Forehead η Leonis (Al Jabhah), α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ (Algieba) 152.4 August 20 (232) 9 125
      11h / 24h * 365.25 167.4 Sept 4 (247) 15 140
9 Al Zubrah Mane δ Leonis (Zosma), θ (Coxa) 169.4 Sept 6 (249) 2 142

In September 4 (247) the star Dubhe - α Ursae Majoris, Ana-tipu, upper-side-pillar ('where the guards stood') - rose with the Sun. This (Cb6-26) is the place for the 3rd (on side b) moko and 62 * 6 = 372 (= 12 * 31 which might allude to the number of daytime hours in a month). In Gb6-26 we have the March equinox (with Rogo).

The following glyph seems to illustrate how growth (tupu) is beginning again from the dead body, from his - the King's - 'ashes', te kihikihi:

September 5
Cb6-27
kua tupu te kihikihi

What tipu (in Ana-tipu) means is not quite clear. It sounds like the opposite of tupu. Possibly it is some kind of hole (pu):

Tiputa

Pau.: To bore, to perforate. Ta.: tiputa, to pierce. Mq.: tiputa, id. Ha.: kipuka, an opening. Churchill.

... δ and θ also were Al Kāhil al Asad, the Space between the Shoulders of the Lion; and Al Harātān, sometimes transcribed Chortan, and translated the Two Little Ribs, or the two Khurt, or Holes, penetrating into the interior of the Lion, but all these seem as inapplicable as are the other titles ...