Contribution of Muslims in the field of Astronomy and all related sciences.
Full Name: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Naqqāsh al-Zarqālī al-Tujibi. Arabic: إبراهيم بن يحيى الزرقالي Other Names: Al-Zarkali or Ibn Zarqala, al-Zarqālluh, Arzachel or Arsechieles. Born: c. 1029. Died: c. 1100. Origin: Toledo, Spain. Famous for: Astronomical instruments and an Astrologer. Contributions: His invention of the Saphaea (a perfected astrolabe) proved very popular and was widely used…
Full Name: Abu’l Hassan Ali ibn Radwan Al-Misri Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن رضوان بن علي بن جعفر المصري Other Names: Hali, Haly, or Haly Abenrudian Born: c. 988 Died: c. 1061 Origin: Giza, Egypt. Famous for: Physician, Astrologer and Astronomer. Contributions: The most detailed description of the supernova now known as SN 1006, the brightest stellar…
Full Name: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم Other Names: Alhazen, al-Baṣrī Born: c. 965 Died: c. 1040 Origin: Basra, Iraq. Famous for: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Physicist Contributions: Referred to as “the father of modern optics” Ibn al-Haytham was the first to correctly explain the theory of vision.…
Full Name: Fatima Al-Majritiya. Daughter of Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti. Other Names: Fatima of Madrid. Arabic: فاطمة المجريطي Origin: Andalus, Spain. Born: 950 AD. Died: 1007 AD. Famous for: Astronomy and Mathematics. Contribution: Contributions to observational astronomy. “the Corrections of Fatima“, which included amendments to her father’s discoveries in astronomy and mathematics. Fatimah…
Full Name: Abū Naṣr al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Munajjim al-Qummī Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن أبي الرجال Other Names: Haly, Hali, Albohazen Haly filii Abenragel or Haly Abenragel Born: Origin: Ghazni, Persia Now Afghanistan Died: 1037 A.D. Famous for: Astrology Contributions: His Kitāb al-bāri’ fī aḥkām an-nujūm Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haly_Abenragel#References
Full Name: Abu Nasri Mansur ibn Ali ibn Iraq al-Jaʿdī. Arabic: أبو نصر منصور بن علی بن عراق Born: 960 AD. Origin: Ghazni, Persia Now Afghanistan. Died: 1036 A.D. Famous for: His work with the spherical sine law. Contributions: Commentary on the Spherics by Menelaus. He preserved the writings of Menelaus of Alexandria and reworked…
Full Name: Al-ʻIjliyyah bint al-ʻIjliyy. Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي Other Name: Mariam al-Asṭurlābiyya مريم الأسطرلابية Origin: Syria. Born: 10th Century. Famous for: Astronomer and Inventor. Contribution: Al-ʻIjliyyah manufactured astrolabes, an astronomical instrument. Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-%CA%BBIjliyyah https://www.baytalfann.com/post/mariam-astrulabi-muslim-woman-scientist-who-developed-the-arstrolabe https://aithor.com/essay-examples/mariam-al-asturlabi-al-ijliyas-contribution-in-astronomy
Full Name: Abul-Hasan Kūshyār ibn Labbān ibn Bashahri Daylami. Arabic: کوشیار دیلمی Other Name: Kūshyār Daylami. Origin: Daylam, Iran. Born: 971 AD. Died: 1,029 AD. Famous for: Astronomer, Mathematician and Geographer Contribution: Improved values of the planetary apogees Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushyar_Gilani https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ASPC..520..185B/abstract https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/860481
Full Name: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi al-Said ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus ibn Abd al-‘Ala al-Sadafi al-Misri. Arabic: أبو الحسن علي أبي السعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أحمد بن يونس بن عبد الأعلى الصدفي المصري Latin: Methilem. Origin: Fustat, Ikhshidid Emirate of Egypt, now Egypt. Born: 950 AD. Died: 1,009 AD. Famous for:…
Full Name: Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti. Arabic: أبو القاسم مسلمة بن أحمد المجريطي Latin: Methilem. Origin: Madrid, Al-Andalus, now Spain. Born: 950 AD. Died: 1,007 AD. Famous for: Astronomer, Alchemist, Mathematician, Economist and Scholar. Contribution: Introduced and improved the astronomical tables of Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi. Wrote a book on taxation and the…
