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Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Qahiri al-Wafa'i | |
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Born | 811 AH /1408 |
Died | 876 AH/ 1471 (aged 63) |
Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Qahiri al-Wafa'i known as Ibn al-Aqba'i (1408–1471) was an Egyptian astronomer and mathematician in the 15th century. He was born in 811 H.E. (1408 AD) and died in 876 H.E (1471 AD). Some sources say that he died in 874 or 879 H.E. He was a student of Ibn al-Majdi and Nur al-din al-Naqqash. He became a time keeper at the Mu'ayyad Mosque in Cairo. He also became the chief of the time keepers of the Azhar mosque and the Maridani Mosque. He was interested in the calculation of the local times of cities based on their latitude and longitude. He invented an astronomical device called Da'irah al-Mu'addal.[1][2]
He wrote about 40 books and 20 treatises on mathematics and astronomy, none of them published. Among his works is the manuscript Risalah al-'Amal bi al-Rub' al-Mujayyab
References
- ^ "الموسوعة الشاملة - الضوء اللامع". Islamport.com. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- ^ "مصر الخالدة - عبدالعزيز الوفائي". Eternalegypt.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
- 1408 births
- 1471 deaths
- Scientists who worked on qibla determination
- Astronomers of medieval Islam
- 15th-century astronomers
- Medieval Egyptian astronomers
- Medieval Egyptian mathematicians
- Medieval astronomers
- Medieval mathematicians
- Medieval Arab astronomers
- Mathematicians of medieval Islam
- Medieval Arab mathematicians
- Scholars of the Mamluk Sultanate