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Al-Battani

858 - 929

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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī (Arabic: محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني), usually called al-Battānī, a name that was in the past Latinized as Albategnius, (before 858 – 929) was an astronomer, astrologer, geographer and mathematician, who lived and worked for most of his life at Raqqa, now in Syria. He is considered to be the greatest and most famous of the astronomers of the medieval Islamic world. Al-Battānī's writings became instrumental in the development of science and astronomy in the west. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Battani has received more than 342,456 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Al-Battani is the 58th most popular mathematician (up from 59th in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 169th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Mathematician.

Al-battani was a Muslim astronomer and mathematician who is most famous for his discovery of the astronomical phenomenon known as the precession of the equinoxes.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Battani ranks 58 out of 1,004. Before him are Karl Weierstrass, Philolaus, Marin Mersenne, Norbert Wiener, Claude Shannon, and Gaspard Monge. After him are Émilie du Châtelet, August Ferdinand Möbius, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Hermann Minkowski, Bhāskara II, and Urbain Le Verrier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 858, Al-Battani ranks 2. Before him is Mansur Al-Hallaj. After him are Áed mac Cináeda, and Richard, Duke of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 929, Al-Battani ranks 3. Before him are Charles the Simple, and Pope John X. After him are Pope Leo VI, Adalbert I of Ivrea, and Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Al-Battani ranks 141 out of 1,347. Before him are Arrian (89), Maurice (539), Proclus (412), Fethullah Gülen (1941), Alaeddin Pasha (1250), and Saint Nino (296). After him are Thecla (100), Nikephoros II Phokas (912), Yunus Emre (1240), Apollonius of Tyana (15), Nabonidus (-555), and John II Komnenos (1087).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Türkiye

Among mathematicians born in Türkiye, Al-Battani ranks 3. Before him are Apollonius of Perga (-262), and Eudoxus of Cnidus (-408). After him are Thābit ibn Qurra (836), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Menaechmus (-375), Autolycus of Pitane (-360), Callippus (-370), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theodosius of Bithynia (-160), and Suzan Kahramaner (1913).

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