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Al-Farghani. Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī ( Arabic: أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني) also known as Alfraganus in the West ( c. 800 – 870), was an astronomer in the Abbasid court in Baghdad, and one of the most famous astronomers in the 9th century. Al-Farghani ...
- 9th century, Egypt
- Ptolemy
Nov 24, 2019 · Al-Farghani (Alfraganus) November 24, 2019 Science & Faith. Abū al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghani also known as Alfraganus in the West was a Muslim astronomer and one of the famous astronomers in 9th century. Abu’l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, born in Farghana, Transoxiana, was one of the most ...
It is a potent representation of how Islamic astronomers played a pivotal role teaching Europe astronomy. Written between 833 and 857, al-Farghani's work is a thorough, readable, and non-mathematical summary of Ptolemaic astronomy. The popularity of translations of his work more than half a century later testifies to its importance.
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Al-Farghani. Al-Farghani (äl-färgä´nē) or Alfraganus (ălfrəgā´nəs), d. after 861, Arab astronomer. Al-Farghani was born in Farghana, Transoxania (present-day Fergana, Uzbekistan), and died in Egypt. His most important work, written between 833 and 857, is Elements, a thorough, readable, nonmathematical summary of Ptolemaic astronomy.
AHMAD AL-FARGHANI AND HIS COMPENDIUM I45 decline.9 Although no other record survives of al-Farghanl's work on this matter, we do know that al-Mutawakkil died soon after he had ordered the construction of the canal. On the subject of al-Farghanl and the Nilometer, Ibn Tagri Bird! writes that in 861 the caliph al-Mutawakkil built a measuring ...
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī; (800/805-870) also known as Alfraganus in the West, was an astronomer in the Abbasid court in Baghdad, and one of the most famous astronomers in the 9th century. The lunar crater Alfraganus is named after him. He was involved in the calculation of the diameter of the Earth by ...
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