Ibn Al-Shatir
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Damascus |
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| Died | Damascus |
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| Parents | Ali bin Ibrahim bin Muhammad |
| Work | kitab nihayat al-sul fi tashih al-usul |
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| ID | 3353012 |
Ibn Al-Shatir Life story
ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ansari known as Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and engineer. He worked as muwaqqit in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and constructed a sundial for its minaret in 1371/72.