al-Jaghmini Mahmud ibn Muhammad
الجغميني محمود بن محمد
1154 CE · 549 AH – 1220 CE · 618 AH
Among the scientific pioneers of Anatolia within Islamic civilisation, named after the village of Jaghmin; died 618 AH (1220 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Astronomer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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موجز
محمود بن محمد بن عمر الجغميني فلكي، من أعلام التقدم العلمي في آسيا الصغرى ضمن الحضارة الإسلامية. ينسب إلى قرية جَغْمين. وُلد سنة 549هـ (1154م) وتوفي سنة 618هـ (1220م). 1
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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, p.332
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Jaghmini Mahmud ibn Muhammad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-jaghmini-mahmud-ibn-muhammad-ibn-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.