MATHEMATICIAN

Al-Samawal al-Maghribi

1130 - 1180

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Al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī (Arabic: السموأل بن يحيى المغربي, c. 1130 – c. 1180), commonly known as Samawʾal al-Maghribi, was a mathematician, astronomer and physician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Samawal al-Maghribi has received more than 94,204 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Samawal al-Maghribi is the 423rd most popular mathematician, the 240th most popular biography from Iraq and the 4th most popular Iraqi Mathematician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.70

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi ranks 423 out of 1,004. Before him are Albert W. Tucker, Al-Sijzi, Helmut Hasse, Michael O. Rabin, Vladimir Smirnov, and Gerhard Gentzen. After him are John Vitéz, Alfred Clebsch, Luigi Cremona, Dinostratus, Paul Émile Appell, and Johannes Werner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi ranks 22. Before him are Constantine Manasses, Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne, Saint Meinhard, Kirill of Turov, Euphrosyne of Kiev, and Rurik Rostislavich. After him are Andronikos Doukas Angelos, Archpoet, Helen of Sweden, William of Newburgh, and Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. Among people deceased in 1180, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi ranks 9. Before him are John of Salisbury, John Tzetzes, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Al-Mustadi, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, and Abraham ibn Daud. After him are Theodora Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Yaroslav II of Kiev, and Prince Mochihito.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi ranks 240 out of 384. Before him are Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), Al-Baqillani (950), Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300), Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), and Ashur-nadin-shumi (-800). After him are Muqtada al-Sadr (1974), Nechirvan Barzani (1966), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Hormuzd Rassam (1826), and Arik-den-ili (-1400).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iraq

Among mathematicians born in Iraq, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi ranks 4. Before him are Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980). After him are Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), and Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908).

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