8/9th century Persian mathematician and astronomer
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Habib ibn Sulayman ibn Samra ibn Jundab[ 1] (Arabic :محمد بن إبراهيم بن حبيب بن سليمان بن سمرة بن جندب الفزاري ) (died 796 or 806) was anArab philosopher ,mathematician andastronomer .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Al-Fazārī translated many scientific books intoArabic andPersian . He is credited to have built the firstastrolabe in theIslamic world .[ 5] Baghdad .[ 6]
At the end of the 8th century, whilst at the court of theAbbasid Caliphate , al-Fazārī mentionedGhana , "the land of gold."[ 7]
Along withYaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq , al-Fazārī helped translate the 7th century Indian astronomical text byBrahmagupta , theBrāhmasphuṭasiddhānta Arabic as 'Zij as-Sindhind Az-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab [ 8] Sindhind Indian astronomers were transmitted to Islam.[ 9]
Thecaliph [which? ordered al-Fazārī to translate the Indian astronomical text, TheSindhind Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq , which was completed in Baghdad about 750, and entitledAz-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab Hindu numeral system (the modern number notation) was transmitted from India to Iran.
Al-Fazari composed various astronomical writings ("On theastrolabe ", "On thearmillary spheres ", "on the calendar").
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