Ismail al-Jazari
Mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
12th-century Mesopotamian inventor who detailed 50 mechanical devices in a single manuscript, including an elephant clock that told time through hydraulics and automata. Often called the father of robotics, though he'd probably just call himself an engineer.
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Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī was a polymath, scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan and artist from the Artuqid Dynasty of Jazira in Mesopotamia. He is best known for writing The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices in 1206, where he described 50 mechanical devices, along with instructions on how to construct them. One of his more famous inventions is the elephant clock. He has been described as the "father of robotics" and modern day engineering.
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