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Al-Khwarizmi

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Gender Male
Born Khwarazm
DiedBaghdad
Iraq
Full nameMuḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
EraIslamic Golden Age
Abbasid era
Influenc Abu Kamil
InterestsMathematics
Astronomy
Geography
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Al-Khwarizmi Life story


Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, or al-Khwarizmi, was a Persian polymath from Khwarazm, who produced vastly influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820 CE, he was appointed as the astronomer and head of the library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.

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