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Ibrahim ibn Sinan

908 - 946

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Ibrahim ibn Sinan (Arabic: Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurra, ابراهيم بن سنان بن ثابت بن قرة; born 295 – 296 AH/c. 908 in Baghdad, died: 334-335 AH/946 in Baghdad, aged 38) was a mathematician and astronomer who belonged to a family of scholars originally from Harran in northern Mesopotamia. He was the son of Sinan ibn Thabit (c. 880 – 943) and the grandson of Thābit ibn Qurra (c. 830 – 901). Like his grandfather, he belonged to a religious sect of star worshippers known as the Sabians of Harran. Ibrahim ibn Sinan studied geometry, in particular tangents to circles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim ibn Sinan is the 546th most popular mathematician (up from 564th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 288th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 546 out of 1,004. Before him are Jordanus de Nemore, Jean Leray, Terence Tao, Theodosius of Bithynia, Adam Ries, and Andrew M. Gleason. After him are Edward Arthur Milne, Ronald Graham, Geminus, William Whiston, Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, and Ingrid Daubechies.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 908, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 2. Before him is Al-Muttaqi.  Among people deceased in 946, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 8. Before him are Edmund I, John of Rila, Al-Qa'im, Eadgyth, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 261 out of 384. Before him are Al-Asmaʿi (740), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), and Eriba-Adad I (-1400). After him are Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Yahya ibn Ma'in (775), Ahmed Chalabi (1944), Ur-Zababa (-2350), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), and Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iraq

Among mathematicians born in Iraq, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 5. Before him are Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130), Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980). After him are Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835).

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