al-Bitruji Abu Ishaq Nur al-Din
البطروجي أبو إسحاق نور الدين
Among the great Arab astronomers, of Andalusi origin from Bidrush near Cordoba, active in the sixth century AH.
At a glance
- Roles
- Astronomer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
أبو إسحاق نور الدين البطروجي من أجلّ علماء الفلك العرب. أصله أندلسي من بلدة بيدروش قرب قرطبة، وكان حياً في القرن السادس الهجري. 1
لا تذكر بيانات المتحف تاريخ ولادته ولا وفاته، ولا أسماء مؤلفاته أو شيوخه؛ يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي.
People and things also explored
Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers· The seven climates· The earth's sphericity· The moon's night-litany· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “al-Bitruji Abu Ishaq Nur al-Din”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-bitruji-abu-ishaq-nur-al-din/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.