PERSON

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Battānī al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābīʾ

Name (arabic)

أبو عبد الله محمّد بن جابر بن سنان البتّاني الحرّاني الصابيء

Name (translit)

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Battānī al-Ḥarrānī al-Ṣābīʾ

Alias

Albategnius
Albatenius

Born

225H/840J

Flourished

280H/893J

Died

307H/920J

Lived in

Number in MAMS

137

Biography URL

ismi_id

97367

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