Ibn al-Majdi

Ibn al‐Majdī
Ibn al‐Majdī
Born	1359; Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate, now Egypt
Died	27 January 1447 (aged 88); Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate, now Egypt
Occupation(s)	Astronomer, mathematician, engineer, grammarian, faqih, calenders
Era	Mamluk era ; (Islamic Golden Age)

Ahmad bin Rajab bin Taibugha al-Majdī al-ala’i bin Abdullah Shihāb al‐Dīn Abu al-Abbas (Egyptian Arabic: أحمد بن رجب بن طيبغا المجدي العلائي بن عبد الله شهاب الدين أبو العباس; 1359–1447 CE) was an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer. His most important mathematical work was "Book of Substance", a voluminous commentary on the Summary of the Operations of Calculations by Ibn al-Banna'.^[1]

References

^ Chabert, Jean-Luc (1999). A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip. Springer. p. 497. ISBN 3540633693.

External links

Charette, François (2007). "Ibn al‐Majdī: Shihāb al‐Dīn Abū al‐ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Rajab ibn Ṭaybughā al‐Majdī al‐Shāfiʿī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 561–2. ISBN 9780387310220. (PDF version)

[1] Chabert, Jean-Luc (1999). A History of Algorithms: From the Pebble to the Microchip. Springer. p. 497. ISBN 3540633693.

Ibn al‐Majdī
Born	1359 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate, now Egypt
Died	27 January 1447 (aged 88) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate, now Egypt
Occupation(s)	Astronomer, mathematician, engineer, grammarian, faqih, calenders
Era	Mamluk era (Islamic Golden Age)