Maslamah Ibn Ahmad al-Majriti

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Maslama al-Majriti (Arabic أبو القاسم مسلمة بن أحمد المجريطي) (b. Madrid – d. 1008 or 1007 CE), was an Arab Muslim astronomer, chemist, mathematician and scholar in Islamic Spain. He took part in the translation of Ptolemy's Planispherium, improved existing translations of the Almagest, introduced and improved the astronomical tables of al-Khwarizmi, aided historians by working out tables to convert Persian dates to Hijri years, and introduced the techniques of surveying and triangulation. The authorship of part of the Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Sincerity has also been attributed to him, but this is unlikely.

[edit] See also

• Picatrix
• List of Arab scientists and scholars

[edit] External links

• "Science:The Islamic Legacy; Science in Al-Andalus"
• "Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti - 1007 AD"
• Article on Science in Spain from Encyclopedia Britannica

Persondata
NAME	Maslama al-Majriti
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Majriti
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Arab mathematician and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH	Spain?
DATE OF DEATH	1008 or 1007
PLACE OF DEATH	Spain?