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Al-Samawal al-Maghribi

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Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physician

AcademicsLived 1130 to 1180 · aged 50
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Al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī, commonly known as Samawʾal al-Maghribi, was a mathematician, astronomer and physician.

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Al-Samaw-al Polynomial. Illustration of the al-Bahir fi'l-Jabr "The Brilliant in Algebra" from the 12th century.Al-Samaw-al Polynomial. Illustration of the al-Bahir fi'l-Jabr "The Brilliant in Algebra" from the 12th century.

Academics born in the 1130s 6

Lu Jiuyuan48.3Richard FitzNeal41.4Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī48.8Martin of Leon40.6Basava54.6Simon of Tournai37.8

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Al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī, commonly known as Samawʾal al-Maghribi, was a mathematician, astronomer and physician. Born to a Jewish family of Moroccan origin, he concealed his conversion to Islam for many years for fear of offending his father, then openly embraced Islam in 1163 after he had a dream telling him to do so. His father was a rabbi from Morocco named Yehuda ibn Abūn.

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deceased
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Lived 1130 to 1180 · aged 50
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