Banu al-Sabbah

بنو الصباح

The Banu al-Sabbah — astrolabe-makers whose brothers finished each other's treatises 1

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Overview

Muhammad, Ibrahim and al-Hasan, the sons of al-Sabbah, were all among the skilled astronomers in the sciences of the heavens and of judgements. 2

Their works

They have a book, "The Proof of the Astrolabe Craft", which Muhammad wrote without finishing, and which Ibrahim completed. 2

There is also a book, "Making the Meridian by a Single Geometric Measurement", which Muhammad made and al-Hasan completed. Muhammad also wrote a treatise on the craft of marble inlay. 2

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p. 385
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