Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: Scientist · mathematician
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Al-Anbari, Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad · Al-Asmandi, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Hamid · Al-Idrisi, Muhammad ibn Abd Allah · Ibn Bashkuwal, Khalaf ibn Abd al-Malik · Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad

Astronomy and timekeeping Mathematics

Place in the story

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People and things also explored

Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar· Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Al-Uqlidisi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim· Ibn Hudhayl, Yahya ibn Ahmad

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-badi-al-astarlabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.

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People

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Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad

One of the leading Muslim scholars of mathematics and astronomy, born in Buzjan in Khurasan.