Al-Farghani

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Al-Farghani was a 9th-century Persian astronomer and mathematician whose influential works on Ptolemaic astronomy were widely used in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.

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instanceOf Persian scholar
astronomer
mathematician
medieval scientist
activeIn Islamic Golden Age
alsoKnownAs Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani
linked to: Al-Farghani

Al-Farghani al-Farghani
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Alfraganus
linked to: Albatenius
approximateBirthCentury 9th century
approximateDeathCentury 9th century
associatedWith House of Wisdom
calculated circumference of the Earth
category 9th-century astronomers
9th-century mathematicians
Persian astronomers
Persian mathematicians
century 9th century
contributedTo translation movement in Baghdad
employedBy Abbasid Caliphate
era medieval period
ethnicity Persian
field astrology
astronomy
geodesy
mathematics
influence Islamic astronomy
Latin scholastic science
medieval European astronomy
influencedBy Ptolemy
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor Elements of Astronomy
Kitab fi Jawami Ilm al-Nujum
works on Ptolemaic astronomy
languageOfWork Arabic
name Al-Farghani
region Khurasan
linked to: Khorasan
religiousContext Islamic civilization
linked to: Islamic world
studied Ptolemaic planetary models
celestial spheres
precession of the equinoxes
sizes and distances of planets
usedBy Islamic astronomers
linked to: Islamic astronomy

medieval European scholars
workInfluenced European university curricula in astronomy
medieval astronomical tables
workTitle Compendium of the Science of the Stars
Elements of Astronomy on the Celestial Motions
Jawami Ilm al-Nujum
Kitab fi Jawami Ilm al-Nujum
workTranslatedInto Hebrew
Latin

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Al-Farghani
Transoxiana producedScholar Al-Farghani
Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy author Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani
linked to: Al-Farghani
Al-Farghani name Al-Farghani
Al-Farghani alsoKnownAs Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani
linked to: Al-Farghani
Al-Farghani alsoKnownAs Al-Farghani al-Farghani
linked to: Al-Farghani