At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
Life in time
In space
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Summary
Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Umar al-Marrakushi was a Maghribi scholar renowned in astronomy, mathematics, geography and the making of sundials; the Bibliotheca Alexandrina book says he drew a map of the Maghrib correcting Ptolemy's errors and was the first to use, on a map, longitude lines marking equal hours, and gives the date 660/1261 with his name. 1
Works
They include a treatise on sighting the new moon and Jami' al-mabadi' wal-ghayat fi ilm al-miqat. 1
Connections
- Lived in
- Marrakesh
- Authored
- Jami' al-mabadi' wal-ghayat (Abu Ali al-Marrakushi)
People and things also explored
Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· al-Kutubiyya Mosque, Marrakesh· Almohad conquest of Marrakesh· Battle of al-Buhayra· Yusuf ibn Tashfin founds Marrakesh· Ibn Rushd becomes the caliph's physician (1182)· The Kutubiyya mosque at Marrakesh· Abd al-Hafid of Morocco
Sources
- Contributions of Arab and Islamic Civilisation to Astronomy from the Scientific Manuscripts of al-Azhar Library, Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina (CULTNAT) and UNESCO, 2006 , p. 16
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Umar al-Marrakushi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-ali-al-hasan-al-marrakushi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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