Islamic Science after the Abbasid Era ARA 102 (F20 Sec 04E - 10am class) Group 1
Name: Nasir al-Din
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Born: 1201
Died: 1274
Occupation: Scholar, polymath and prolific writer
Known for: Convincing Hulagu to build an observatory in order to construct accurate astronomical tables for improved astrological predictions. There, he was its director until he died and made important contributions both in observations and in theory.
Name: Al Shirazi
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Born: 1236
Died: 1311
Occupation: Polymath and poet
Known for: His work Nehayat al-Idrak fi Dirayat al-Aflak (The Limit of Accomplishment Concerning Knowledge of the Heavens) and Al- Tuhfah al-Shahiya (The Royal Present)
Name: Al-Farisi
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Born: 1267
Died: 1319
Occupation: Mathematician and physicist
Known for: His work Tadhkirat al-Ahbab fi Bayan al-Tahabb (Memorandum for Friends on the Proof of Amicability), where he introduced a major new approach based on factorization and combinatorial methods.
Name: Ibn al-Shatir
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Born: 1304
Died: 1375
Occupation: Astronomer, mathematician, engineer, inventor and worked as the Muwaqqit of the Great Ummayad Mosque of Damascus.
Known for: His work Kitab nihayat al-sul fi tashih al-usul (The Final Quest Concerning the Rectification of Principles), where he used the progress made by Tusi and the Maragha school of Astronomy to drastically reform the Ptolemaic models of the Sun, Moon, and planets.
Name: Al-Qushji
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Born: 1403
Died: 1474
Occupation: Astronomer, mathematician and physicist
Known for: partly establishing on physical rather than philosophical bases, and partly for attempting to answer the question of Earth's rotation and to provide evidence for it, using observational data on comets. He contributed to Ulugh Beg's Zij-i-Sultani and later improved on Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's planetary model, presenting an alternative model for Mercury.