Mohammad al-Fazari
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Abu abdallah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari was a Persian philosopher and mathematician. he is not to be confused with his father Ibrahim al-Fazari, also an Astronomer.
He is known to have built the first Astrolabe (Richard Nelson Frye, The Golden Age of Persia, p. 163).
He helped translate the Indian Astronomical text The Sindhind along with Yaqub ibn Tāriq and his father. This translation was possibly the vehicle by means of which the Hindu numerals were transmitted from India to Islam.
He died in 796 or 806.
References
- Richard N. Frye, The Golden Age of Persia, p. 163.
- H. Suter: Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber (p. 4, 1900).
- Cantor: Geschichte der Mathematik (I, 3rd ed., 698, 1907).
- D. E. Smith and L. C. Karpinski: The Hindu-Arabic Numerals (Boston, 1911), p.92.
See also
Categories: Persian mathematicians | 8th century mathematicians | Iranian scientists | Scientist stubs