# Ismail al-Jazari

> A 12th-century engineer who catalogued fifty mechanical devices — including water-powered automatons and the elephant clock — in a manuscript that later earned him the label "father of robotics."

*Mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1164
- **Died:** 1206
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ismail al-Jazari was a polymath and mechanical engineer working under the Artuqid Dynasty in Jazira, Mesopotamia. In 1206 he completed The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, a technical manual describing fifty inventions with full construction instructions. Among them was the elephant clock, a water-driven timekeeping automaton that became one of his signature works. The manuscript preserved engineering knowledge that would ripple forward through centuries, eventually casting al-Jazari as an ancestor of modern robotics and mechanical design.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.9 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Scientists, #Academic, #Mathematics, #Literature, #Astronomy, #Science, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81627)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari)
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- [Әл-Жәзәри](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%98%D0%BB-%D0%96%D3%99%D0%B7%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B8)
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- [Al-Džazari](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-D%C5%BEazari)
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- [İsmail Cizirî](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smail_Cizir%C3%AE)
- [Al Jazarí](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazar%C3%AD)
- [Al-Jazarī](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazar%C4%AB)
- [بدیع‌الزمان جزری](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B9%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C)
- [Badi’ al-Jazari](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badi%E2%80%99_al-Jazari)
- [Al-Jazari](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Jazari)
- [Ismail al-Jazari](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_al-Jazari)
- [אל-ג'זארי](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%92'%D7%96%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99)
- [Իսմայիլ ալ-Ջազարի](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%BD%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D5%A1%D5%AC-%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%A6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB)
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- [اسمأعیل الجزاری](https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A3%D8%B9%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Al-Jazari)
- [الجزري](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%8A)
- [جزری](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%DB%8C)

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