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Al-Farghani

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Gender Male
Born Fergana
Uzbekistan
DiedEgypt
Full nameAbū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī
InfluencChristopher Columbus, Nicolaus Copernicus, Al‐Jūzjānī, al-Bīrūnī, Al-Qabisi
InterestsAstronomy
BooksKitāb fī Jawāmiʿ ʿIlm al-Nujūm, On the astrolabe
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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.

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