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Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī

Also found as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari · Muhammad al-Fazari

Astronomical translation and instrument making; the account credits him with an early Islamic astrolabe.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 313 PDF p. 316Biographical entry

“…stantinople (1451-1481); conqueror of Constantinople. Al-Fazari, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim (d. ca 777); Kunduz, Afghanistan; mathematician, philosopher, poet, and astronomer . The first Muslim astronomer to construct astrolabes. Le onardo Fibonacci (1170-1…”

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Research note: Keep father and son distinct; historical priority needs checking.

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