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Mariam al-Asturlabi

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Al-ʻIjliyyah bint al-ʻIjliyy (Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي) was a 10th-century maker of astrolabes active in Aleppo, in what is now northern Syria. She is sometimes known in modern popular literature as Mariam al-Asṭurlābiyya (Arabic: مريم الأسطرلابية) but her supposed first name 'Mariam' is not mentioned in the only known source about her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mariam al-Asturlabi is the 88th most popular astronomer (up from 147th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Syria (up from 77th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 88 out of 644. Before her are John Russell Hind, Percival Lowell, Arthur B. McDonald, Karl Ludwig Harding, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, and George O. Abell. After her are Petrus Apianus, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Jacques Cassini, Ferdinand Verbiest, Varāhamihira, and Fritz Zwicky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 3. Before her are Erik the Red, and Pope John XVII. After her are Adelaide of Aquitaine, Amlaíb, King of Scotland, Ibn Yunus, Maslama al-Majriti, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Leo the Deacon, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Gunnor, and Olof Björnsson.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 46 out of 210. Before her are Romanos the Melodist (490), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Julia Soaemias (180), Émile Benveniste (1902), Ananias of Damascus (100), and Duqaq (1100). After her are Abu'l-Fida (1273), Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945), Julia Avita Mamaea (180), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Nizar Qabbani (1923), and Ahmad al-Khatib (1933).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Syria

Among astronomers born in Syria, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 1. After her are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526).

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