Battanî
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| Born | Harran |
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| Died | Samarra |
| Iraq | |
| Notabl work | Kitāb az-Zīj |
| Parents | Jabir Ibn San'an al-Battani |
| Influenc | Abū al-Wafā', al-Bīrūnī, Copernicus |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Interests | Mathematics |
| Astronomy | |
| Astrology | |
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| ID | 3698030 |
Battanî Life story
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī was a Mesopotamian Arab astronomer, and mathematician. He introduced a number of trigonometric relations, and his Kitāb az-Zīj was frequently quoted by many medieval astronomers, including Copernicus.
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