al-Khwarizmi

الخوارزمي

780 CE · 164 AH – 850 CE · 235 AH

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, numbered by al-Mas'udi among Islam's astronomers 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
mathematician · Astronomer
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Life in time

725750775800825850875900 c. c. c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Al-Husayn ibn al-Dahhak al-Khali' · al-Jahiz · Ishaq ibn Rahwayh · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · Al-Jawzajani, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub

MathematicsAstronomy and timekeepingGeography and cartography

Place in the story

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

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موجز

أبو عبد الله محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي عالم رياضيات وفلك. عدّه المسعودي فيمن عُني بعلوم الهيئة (الفلك) بعد ظهور الإسلام، مع الكندي وأبي معشر والفرغاني وثابت بن قرة والبتاني وغيرهم. 1

تذكر بيانات المتحف مولده نحو سنة 164هـ (780م) ووفاته نحو سنة 235هـ (850م)، وهما تاريخان على سبيل الرواية، ويعتمدان على مصدر واحد هو موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء، فيحتاجان إلى مصدر إضافي. 2

People and things also explored

The seven climates· The earth's sphericity· Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi· Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· al-Khujandi Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr· al-Tizini Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad

Sources

  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 519
  2. 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-Khwarizmi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-khwarizmi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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