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Maslama al-Majriti

950 - 1007

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Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti (Arabic: أبو القاسم مسلمة بن أحمد المجريطي: c. 950–1007), known in Latin as Methilem, was a Muslim Arab astronomer, alchemist, mathematician, economist and scholar in al-Andalus, active during the reign of Al-Hakam II. His full name is Abu 'l-Qāsim Maslama ibn Aḥmad al-Faraḍī al-Ḥāsib al-Maj̲rīṭī al-Qurṭubī al-Andalusī. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maslama al-Majriti is the 153rd most popular astronomer (down from 129th in 2019), the 462nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 477th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Maslama al-Majriti ranks 153 out of 644. Before him are Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Wilhelm Beer, Hermann Carl Vogel, Adelard of Bath, James Dunlop, and Eugène Joseph Delporte. After him are Jacobus Kapteyn, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, and William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Maslama al-Majriti ranks 7. Before him are Erik the Red, Pope John XVII, Mariam al-Asturlabi, Adelaide of Aquitaine, Amlaíb, King of Scotland, and Ibn Yunus. After him are Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Leo the Deacon, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Gunnor, Olof Björnsson, and Sarolt. Among people deceased in 1007, Maslama al-Majriti ranks 1. After him are Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, and Urraca Fernández.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Maslama al-Majriti ranks 462 out of 3,355. Before him are Petrus Gonsalvus (1537), José Antonio Camacho (1955), Francisco Rabal (1926), Hydatius (395), Abraham Cresques (1325), and Suintila (594). After him are Pío Baroja (1872), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1403), Unai Emery (1971), Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (1509), and Antonio Tejero (1932).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Spain

Among astronomers born in Spain, Maslama al-Majriti ranks 3. Before him are Avempace (1080), and Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029). After him are Antonio de Ulloa (1716), Josep Comas i Solà (1868), Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (1200), and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi (1220).

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