Banu Musa
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The Banu Musa ("Children of Musa", Arabic: بنو موسى, sometimes transliterated Bana Musa) brothers were three Persian scholars, of Baghdad, active in the House of Wisdom:
- Muhammad bin Musa (800-873), who specialised in geometry and astronomy
- Ahmad bin Musa (805-873), who specialised in mechanics
- Hasan bin Musa (810–873), who specialized in geometry
They were the sons of sons of Musa bin Shakir, who had been a highwayman and later an astrologer to the Caliph al-Mamun. At his death, he left his young sons, in the custody of the Caliph, who entrusted them to Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Mus'abi, a former governor of Baghdad. The education of the three brothers was carried out by Yahya bin Abu Mansur who worked at the famous Bayt al-Hikmah library and translation centre in Baghdad.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Banu Musa". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
