Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf ash-Shami al-Asadi was an Ottoman polymath active in Cairo and Istanbul. He was the author of more than ninety books on a wide variety of subjects, including astronomy, clocks, engineering, mathematics, mechanics, optics, and natural philosophy.
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About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1526 to 1580 · aged 54
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