Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī
Astronomer
0850 – 0929
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Who was Muḥammad ibn Jābir al-Ḥarrānī al-Battānī?
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī was an Arab Muslim astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician. He introduced a number of trigonometric relations, and his Kitāb az-Zīj was frequently quoted by many medieval astronomers, including Copernicus.
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- Born
- 0850
Şanlıurfa - Also known as
- Ebu Abdullah Muhammed bin Cabir bin Sinan er-Rekki es-Sabi el-Battani
- Battani
- Profession
- Died
- 0929
Samarra
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on July 23, 2013
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