Al-Zarqali

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Al-Zarqali was an influential 11th-century Andalusian astronomer and instrument maker whose precise observations and innovations, including improved astrolabes and solar tables, significantly shaped Islamic and later European astronomy.

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instanceOf astronomer ⓘ
instrument maker ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
alternativeName Al-Zarqallu ⓘ
Al-Zarqālī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Zarqali

Ibn al-Zarqālluh ⓘ
birthDate c. 1029 ⓘ
century 11th century ⓘ
civilization Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
country Taifa of Toledo ⓘ
deathDate c. 1087 ⓘ
era medieval period ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrometry ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
scientific instrumentation ⓘ
fullName Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Zarqali ⓘ
linked to: Al-Zarqali
givenName Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ⓘ
hasAstroObjectNamedAfter lunar crater Arzachel ⓘ
impact used as a source for later astronomical tables in Christian Europe ⓘ
influenced European astronomical tables ⓘ
Latin medieval astronomers ⓘ
influencedBy Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ
knownFor Toledan Tables ⓘ
accurate determination of the solar year length ⓘ
construction of universal astrolabes ⓘ
improvements to the astrolabe ⓘ
influence on later European astronomy ⓘ
observation of the motion of the solar apogee ⓘ
solar tables of Toledo ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
latinizedName Arzachel ⓘ
legacy contributed to transition from Islamic to European astronomical traditions ⓘ
madeObservationAt Toledo observatory ⓘ
madeObservationOf planetary positions ⓘ
solar motion ⓘ
notableWork Toledan Tables ⓘ
treatises on the astrolabe ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
instrument maker ⓘ
metalworker ⓘ
placeOfActivity Cordoba ⓘ
Toledo ⓘ
placeOfBirth Toledo ⓘ
precision highly accurate for his time ⓘ
region Al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
religion Islam ⓘ

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Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Zarqali ⓘ
Al-Zarqali → fullName → Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Zarqali ⓘ
linked to: Al-Zarqali
Al-Zarqali → alternativeName → Al-Zarqālī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Zarqali