Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kaṯīr al-Farġānī

PERSON

Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī

Name (arabic)	أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني
Name (translit)	Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghānī
Alias	احمد بن محمّد ابن كثير Alfragano Aḥmad al-Farghānī Muḥammad ibn Kathīr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr Alfraganus Farghānī
Flourished
Died	246H/860J
Born in	Farghāna
Lived in	Baghdad Farghāna Cairo
Died in	Cairo
Notes	An astronomer/engineer affiliated with the 9th-c. Baghdad Abbasid court. He is associated with the construction of the Great [or New] Nilometer at Old Cairo (completed 861). His descriptive compendium on the science of the stars became a popular and influential work in medieval Europe.
Number in MAMS	67
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Farghani_BEA.htm
ismi_id	100957

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