Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
| Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari | |
|---|---|
| Died | 796 or 806 |
| Occupation | Philosopher, Mathematician, Astronomer |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari (died 796 or 806) was a Muslim philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.[1][2] He is not to be confused with his father Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī, also an astronomer and mathematician.
Some sources refer to him as an Arab,[3][4][5][6] other sources state that he was a Persian.[7][8][9]
Al-Fazārī translated many scientific books into Arabic and Persian.[10] He is credited to have built the first astrolabe in the Islamic world.[8]
Along with Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq and his father he helped translate the Indian astronomical text by Brahmagupta (fl. 7th century), the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, into Arabic as Az-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab.,[11] or the Sindhind. This translation was possibly the vehicle by means of which the Hindu numerals were transmitted from India to Islam.[12]
See also
- Hindu and Buddhist contribution to science in medieval Islam
- List of Iranian scientists and scholars
- List of Arab scientists
- List of Iranian scientists
- zij
Notes
- ↑
- H. Suter: Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber (p. 4, 1900).
- ↑
- Introduction to the History of Science
- ↑ Scott L. Montgomery. Science in Translation: movements of knowledge through cultures and time. p. 81.
- ↑ Abramovich, Boris et al. History of Civilizations of Central Asia. pp. 177–178.
- ↑ Pingree, David (1970). The Fragments of the Works of Al-Fazari. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Vol. 29, No. 2. pp. 103–123.
- ↑ Yaqut al-Hamawi. Irshad al-Arib Fi Ma'rifat al-Adib. Ed. D. S. Margoliouth. "E. J. W. Ser.," 6. Vol. 6. 2d ed. London, 1931.
- ↑
- The Root of Europe: studies in the diffusion of Greek culture
- 1 2
- Richard N. Frye, The Golden Age of Persia, p. 163.
- ↑
- From Freedom to Freedom: African roots in American soils : selected readings – by Ervin Lewis, Mildred Bain
- ↑
- Glimpses of Islamic History and Culture by M. D. Zafar – 1987 – Page 331
- ↑ E. S. Kennedy, A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables, (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 46, 2), Philadelphia, 1956, pp. 2, 7, 12 (zijes no. 2, 28, 71).
- ↑
- D. E. Smith and L. C. Karpinski: The Hindu-Arabic Numerals (Boston, 1911), p.92.).
External links
- Plofker, Kim (2007). "Fazārī: Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al‐Fazārī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 362–3. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
- Pingree, David (2008) [1970–80]. "Al-Fazārī, Muḥammad Ibn Ibrāhīm". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
- Cantor: Geschichte der Mathematik (I, 3rd ed., 698, 1907).