Ibn al-Majdī: Šihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybuġā al-Majdī al-Šāfiʿī

PERSON

Ibn al-Majdī: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al-Majdī al-Shāfiʿī

Name (arabic)	ابن المجدي: شهاب الدين أبو العبّاس أحمد بن رجب بن طيبغا المجدي الشافعي
Name (translit)	Ibn al-Majdī: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al-Majdī al-Shāfiʿī
Alias	شهاب الدين ابو العباس احمد ابن المجدي الشافعي شهاب الدين احمد ابن المجدي الشافعي شهاب الدين بن المجدى Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al-Majdī al-Shāfiʿī شهاب الدين أحمد بن المجدي ابن المجدي Šihāb al-Dīn ibn al-Majdī Ibn al-Majdī Aḥmad al-Majdī احمد بن المجدي ابو العباس بن المجدي
Born	1365 CE/ 0767 AH
Flourished
Died	1447 CE/ 0850 AH
Born in	Cairo
Lived in	Egypt Cairo
Died in	Cairo
Teacher of	Sibṭ al-Māridīnī: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū ʿAbd Allāh Badr (Shams) al-Dīn al-Dimashqī Sibṭ al-Mārdīnī
Notes	Ibn al‐Majdī was one of the major Egyptian astronomers during the first half of the 15th century. He taught elements of astronomy, and the construction of astronomical instruments, and theoretical astronomy over a period of 20 years at 3 different locations in Cairo, including the al-Azhar mosque, his private residence and the madrasa of Jānibak (see Charette reference).
Number in MAMS	815
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Ibn_al-Majdi_BEA.htm
ismi_id	856

Authored Works

3 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

Ḥāwī al-lubāb wa-sharḥ Talkhīṣ Ibn al-Bannāʾ fī al-ḥisāb , حاوي اللباب و شرج تلخيص بن البنّا في الحساب

MATHEMATICS

Fawāʾid maʿrifat taʿdīl mā bayn al-saṭrayn mansūbah ilá Jamshīd wa-Khalīlī wa-Ibn al-Majdī , فوائد معرفة تعديل ما بين السطرين منسوبة إلى جمشيد والخليلي وابن المجدي

Mathematics: General

Kashf al-ḥaqāʾiq fī ḥisāb al-daraj wa-al-daqāʾiq , كشف الحقائق في حساب الدرج والدقائق

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