Abbas Ibn Firnas
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Ronda |
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Died | Cordoba |
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887 AD | |
Cordoba | |
Spain | |
Nationality | Spanish |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Other name | Abu l-Qāsim Abbās ibn Firnās, Armen Firman |
Job | Physician |
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Aviator | |
Polymath | |
Musician | |
Poet | |
Full name | Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini |
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ID | 509767 |
Abbas Ibn Firnas Life story
Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini, also known as Abbas ibn Firnas, Latinized Armen Firman, was a Berber Andalusian polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physicist, chemist, mathematician engineer, Andalusi musician, and Arabic-language poet. He was reported to have experimented with a form of flight.