Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, or simply al-Khwarizmi was a mathematician active during the Islamic Golden Age, who produced Arabic-language works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography. Around 820, he worked at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, the contemporary capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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Who was born first?

• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was born 7 years before Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was born 34 years after Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was born 40 years before Al-Mahani
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was born 40 years after Mashallah ibn Athari
• Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was born 48 years before Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī

Timeline

1. Mashallah ibn Atharicirca AD 740 – AD 815
2. Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī746–806
3. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (this page)circa AD 780 – circa AD 850
4. Abu Ma'shar al-BalkhiAugust 10, AD 787 – AD 886
5. Al-Mahanicirca AD 820 – circa AD 880
6. Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī828–895

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