Abbas Ibn Firnas

Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardās al-Tākurunnī, known as ʿAbbās ibn Firnās was an Andalusi polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, musician, and poet. He was reported to have experimented with unpowered flight.

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Who was born first?

• Abbas Ibn Firnas and Benedict III were born the same year
• Abbas Ibn Firnas and Hastein were born the same year
• Abbas Ibn Firnas and Kassia were born the same year
• Abbas Ibn Firnas was born 2 years after Walafrid Strabo
• Abbas Ibn Firnas was born 56 years before Abu Bakr al-Razi

Timeline

1. Walafrid Strabocirca AD 808 – August 18, AD 849
2. Abbas Ibn Firnas (this page)810–887
3. Benedict IIIcirca AD 810 – April AD 858
4. Hastein810–896
5. Kassiacirca AD 810 – circa AD 865
6. Abu Bakr al-Razi866–925

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