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Sibt al-Maridini | |
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| Born | 1423 (1423) PossiblyDamascus,Mamluk Sultanate? |
| Died | c. 1495 PossiblyCairo,Mamluk Sultanate? |
| Occupation(s) | Astronomer,mathematician |
| Known for | Writing aboutastronomy andmathematics |
Sibt al-Maridini, full nameMuḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū ʿAbd Allāh Badr [Shams] al‐Dīnal‐Miṣrī al‐Dimashqī (1423 – 1506 AD), was anEgyptian-born[citation needed]astronomer andmathematician.[1] His father came from Damascus. The name "Sibt al-Maridini" means "the son ofAl-Mardini's daughter". His maternal grandfather,Abdullah al-Maridini, was a reputed astronomer of the eighth century AH.[citation needed] He was a disciple of the astronomerIbn al-Majdi (d. 850/1506), according to tradition.[1]
Sibt al-Maridini taughtmathematics andastronomy in the Great Mosque ofal-Azhar, Cairo. He was also a timekeeper (muwaqqit) of the mosque.[citation needed] He wroteno fewer than fifty[citation needed] treatises in astronomy (sine quadrants,sundials,astronomical tables and prayer times[citation needed])[1] and wrote at least twenty-three mathematics textbooks.[citation needed]
Al-Sakhawy counted two hundred books that were written by Sibt al-Maridini, on Islamic law, astronomy, and mathematics. Libraries that specialize in ancient manuscripts, all over the world, have transcripts of his works.
Sibt al-Mardini’s declared that “the opinion of the muezzins (those who call people to prayer) is less correct than that of the legal scholars and it is the latter that should be used as the basis for the determination of prayer time”.[citation needed]
