Al-Uqlidisi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim
الإقليدسي أحمد بن إبراهيم
980 CE · 370 AH
A mathematician who probably lived in Damascus. His laqab al-Uqlidisi is linked to the Euclid text he copied and studied.
Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- mathematician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScientistTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi· Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· 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-Uqlidisi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-uqlidisi-ahmad-ibn-ibrahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.