Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathir Al-Farghani
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Fergana |
Uzbekistan | |
Died | Egypt |
861 AD | |
Egypt | |
Residence | Baghdad |
Iraq | |
Influenced by | Ptolemy |
Books | On the astrolabe |
Kitāb fī Jawāmiʿ ʿIlm al-Nujūm | |
Influenced | Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani |
Al-Biruni | |
Al-Qabisi | |
Job | Astronomer |
Mathematician | |
Notabl work | the Almagest |
Nationality | Iranian |
Full name | Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1734995 |
Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathir 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.