Ibn al-Shatir

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Ibn al-Shatir was a 14th-century Syrian astronomer and timekeeper whose innovative planetary models anticipated key features of the later Copernican system.

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Label Occurrences
Ibn al-Shatir canonical 8
Ibn al-Shāṭir 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
muwaqqit ⓘ
birthDate 1304 ⓘ
century 14th century ⓘ
correctedWorkOf Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
countryOfCitizenship Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deathDate 1375 ⓘ
designed astrolabes ⓘ
portable sundials ⓘ
sundials for the Umayyad Mosque ⓘ
employer Umayyad Mosque of Damascus ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork astronomical instrumentation ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
timekeeping ⓘ
fullName ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced development of Copernican planetary models ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ
knownFor accurate astronomical tables ⓘ
design of astronomical instruments ⓘ
design of sundials ⓘ
innovative planetary theory ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
name Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
notableIdea elimination of the Ptolemaic equant ⓘ
epicyclic models equivalent to later Copernican models ⓘ
improved lunar model ⓘ
non-Ptolemaic planetary models ⓘ
notableWork Nihāyat al-sūl fī taṣḥīḥ al-uṣūl ⓘ
al-Zīj al-jadīd (The New Astronomical Handbook) ⓘ
treatises on astronomical instruments ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
instrument maker ⓘ
timekeeper ⓘ
placeOfBirth Damascus ⓘ
placeOfDeath Damascus ⓘ
positionHeld chief muwaqqit of the Umayyad Mosque ⓘ
region Syrian region ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
subjectOf history of science studies ⓘ
usedSystem geocentric cosmology ⓘ
workLocation Damascus ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → influenced → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
Ibn al-Shatir → name → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
Mu’ayyad al-Din al-Urdi → influenced → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir → name → Ibn al-Shāṭir ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Shatir
al-Zīj al-jadīd → author → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ
Ptolemy’s equant → criticizedBy → Ibn al-Shatir ⓘ