Abu Ali al-Hasan al-Marrakushi

Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Marrakushi
الحسن المراكشي
The Jami‘ al-Mabadi’ wa’l-Ghayat, (Khalili Collection of Islamic Art)
Bornfl. late 13th century
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsMathematics, astronomy
Notable worksJāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa’l-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt (Collection of the Principles and Objectives in the Science of Timekeeping)

Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Marrakushi (Arabic: الحسن المراكشي; Berber languages: ⵍⵃⴰⵙⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵔⵔⴰⴽⵛⵉ; fl. late 13th century) was a Moroccan astronomer and mathematician from the Kingdom of Morocco . He was especially important in the field of trigonometry and practical astronomy. He wrote Jāmiʿ al-mabādiʾ wa’l-ghāyāt fī ʿilm al-mīqāt (Collection of the Principles and Objectives in the Science of Timekeeping), a treatise on spherical astronomy and astronomical instruments. The first part was translated into French by the orientalist and astronomer Jean Jacques Emmanuel Sédillot [fr] during the early 19th century, and published after Sédillot's death.[page needed]

The treatise, which was written in Cairo between 1276 and 1282, is regarded as the most complete source to have survived about medieval Islamic astronomical instruments.[page needed]

Legacy

The crater Al-Marrakushi on the Moon is named after him.[citation needed]


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