Full Name: Abū al‐Qāsim, Aḥmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir. Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن موسى بن شاكر Other Names: Banū Mūsá, Ahmad ibn Mūsá, Abū al‐Qāsim Origin: Baghdad, Iraq. Born/Death: 9th Century Famous for: Mathematician and Astronomer. Contribution: Kitab al-Hiyal al-Naficah (“The Book of Ingenious Devices”). Kitāb Maʿrifah masāḥat al-ashkāl al-basīṭah wa-al-kuriyyah (“Book on the…
Full Name: Al-Ḥasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir. Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن موسى بن شاكر Other Names: Banū Mūsá, Ahmad ibn Mūsá, Abū al‐Qāsim Origin: Baghdad, Iraq. Born: 810 AD. Death: 873 AD. Famous for: Mathematician and Astronomer. Contribution: Kitab al-Hiyal al-Naficah (“The Book of Ingenious Devices”). Kitāb Maʿrifah masāḥat al-ashkāl al-basīṭah wa-al-kuriyyah (“Book on…
Ismail al Jazari is called the father of robots. Full Name: Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī. Arabic: بديع الزمان أبو العز بن إسماعيل بن الرزاز الجزيري Other Names: Hali, Haly, or Haly Abenrudian. Born: 1136 CE. Died: c. 1206. Origin: Jazira, Artuqid Dynasty. Famous for: Scholar, Inventor, Mechanical Engineer, Artisan and Artist .…
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…
Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk was a ninth-century Muslim mathematician. Not much is known about his life. Full Name: Abd al-Hamīd ibn Wase ibn Turk Jili Arabic: ابومحمد عبدالحمید بن واسع بن ترک الجیلی Dies: 830 Ad Origin: Khuttal or Gilan Famous for: Algebra Contribution: He wrote a work on algebra entitled Logical Necessities in Mixed…
