Al-Farghani
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Fergana |
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Died | Egypt |
Full name | Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī |
Influenc | Christopher Columbus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Al‐Jūzjānī, al-Bīrūnī, Al-Qabisi |
Interests | Astronomy |
Books | Kitāb fī Jawāmiʿ ʿIlm al-Nujūm, On the astrolabe |
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ID | 3247203 |
Al-Farghani Life story
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī, also known as Alfraganus in the West, was an astronomer in the Abbasid court in Baghdad, and one of the most famous astronomers in the 9th century.