Al-Muradi
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Who is Al-Muradi?
Alī Ibn Khalaf al-Murādī, Al-Andalus, was a Mechanical engineer and author of the unique technological manuscript entitled Kitāb al-asrār fī natā'ij al-afkār. It was copied and used at the court of Alfonso VI of León and Castile in Christian Spain in the 11th century.
The manuscript provides information about a "Castle and Gazelle Clock" and many other forms of complicated clocks and ingenious devices. Al-Muradi was a contemporary of Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī.
In 2008, the Book of Secrets of al-Muradi has been published in facsimile, translated in English/Italian/French/Arabic and in electronic edition with all machines interpreted in 3D, by the Italian study center Leonardo3.
He also devised, with help from al-Zarqali, the universal astrolabe. Both al-Muradi and al-Zarqali's design were included in the Libros del Saber of Alfonso X of Castile.
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