Ibn al-Shatir ابن الشاطر

Full Name: Abu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari.

Other Names: Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir.

Arabic: ابن الشاطر

Born: 1304AD.

Died: 1375 AD.

Origin: Damascus, Syria.

Famous for: Astronomer, Mathematician, and Engineer.

Contributions: 

Constructed a sundial for minaret of Umayyad Mosque in Damascus in 1371/72.

Ibn al-Shatir also invented a timekeeping device called “Sandūq al‐Yawāqīt li maʿrifat al-Mawāqīt” (jewel box), which incorporates both a universal sundial and a magnetic compass.

Books: kitab nihayat al-sul fi tashih al-usul (“The Final Quest Concerning the Rectification of Principles”).

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Shatir

https://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ibn_al-Shatir_BEA.htm

https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1979HisSc..17..135H

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ibn-al-shatir-ala-al-din-abul-hasan-ali-ibn-ibrahim

Books attributed to Ibn al-Shatir: