Al-Battani

Al-Battani, archaically Latinized as Albategnius, was an Arab Muslim astronomer, astrologer, geographer and mathematician, who lived and worked for most of his life at Raqqa, now in Syria. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most famous of the astronomers of the medieval Islamic world.

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Who was born first?

• Al-Battani was born 7 years before Al-Nayrizi
• Al-Battani was born 8 years after Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam
• Al-Battani was born 22 years after Thābit ibn Qurra
• Al-Battani was born 28 years after Ishaq ibn Hunayn
• Al-Battani was born 30 years after Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī

Timeline

1. Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī828–895
2. Ishaq ibn Hunayncirca AD 830 – AD 910
3. Thābit ibn Qurra836–901
4. Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslamcirca AD 850 – circa AD 930
5. Al-Battani (this page)circa AD 858 – AD 930
6. Al-Nayrizicirca AD 865 – AD 922

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