Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari
Died	796 or 806
Occupation(s)	Philosopher, mathematician, astronomer
Era	Islamic Golden Age

Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Habib ibn Sulayman ibn Samra ibn Jundab[1] al-Fazari (Arabic: محمد بن إبراهيم بن حبيب بن سليمان بن سمرة بن جندب الفزاري) (died 796 or 806) was a Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and astronomer.[2][3][4][5][6][7]Al-Fazārī translated many scientific books into Arabic and Persian.[8] He is credited to have built the first astrolabe in the Islamic world.[9] Along with Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq and his father Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī he helped translate the Indian astronomical text by Brahmagupta (fl. 7th century), the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta, into Arabic as 'Az-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab,[10] or the Sindhind. This translation was possibly the vehicle by means of which the Hindu numerals were transmitted from India to Islam.[11]

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