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Ibrahim ibn Sinan

908 - 946

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Ibrahim ibn Sinan (Arabic: Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurra, ابراهيم بن سنان بن ثابت بن قرة; born 295 – 296 AH/c. 908 in Baghdad, died: 334-335 AH/946 in Baghdad, aged 38) was a mathematician and astronomer who belonged to a family of scholars originally from Harran in northern Mesopotamia. He was the son of Sinan ibn Thabit (c. 880 – 943) and the grandson of Thābit ibn Qurra (c. 830 – 901). Like his grandfather, he belonged to a religious sect of star worshippers known as the Sabians of Harran. Ibrahim ibn Sinan studied geometry, in particular tangents to circles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibrahim ibn Sinan has received more than 55,559 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim ibn Sinan is the 564th most popular mathematician, the 288th most popular biography from Iraq and the 6th most popular Iraqi Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 564 out of 1,004. Before him are Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Paul Bernays, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Gino Fano, Agner Krarup Erlang, and Francesco Barozzi. After him are Thoralf Skolem, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Klára Dán von Neumann, Friedrich Robert Helmert, Ernest William Brown, and Karol Borsuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 908, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 2. Before him is Al-Muttaqi.  Among people deceased in 946, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 8. Before him are Edmund I, John of Rila, Eadgyth, Al-Qa'im, Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 288 out of 384. Before him are Raghad Hussein (1968), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Ali Akbar Salehi (1949), Ishme-Dagan (-2000), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), and Tahir Yahya (1913). After him are Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ali Larijani (1957), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), Jacob of Serugh (451), Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), and Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iraq

Among mathematicians born in Iraq, Ibrahim ibn Sinan ranks 6. Before him are Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980), Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130), and Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800).

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