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 ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farghani

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
Elements of Astronomy → author → Al-Farghani ⓘ
Elements of Astronomy → author → Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farghani
Elements of Astronomy on the Celestial Motions → authorName → Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani ⓘ
linked to: Al-Farghani