al-Jazari
mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
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Al-Jazari was a medieval mathematician and engineer from the Artuqid State who lived from 1164 to 1206 and is known for developing innovative mechanical devices and automata. His work represents an important contribution to early engineering and mechanical science, influencing technological advancement in the Islamic world and beyond.
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- Born
- 1350
- Died
- 1429
- Works
- 55
Top works
- 1. Khaṣāʾiṣ al-musnad "musnad al-Imām Aḥmad li-al-Ḥāfiẓ Abī Mūsá al-Madīnī." 2. al-maṣʻad al-Aḥmad fī khatm musnad al-Imām Aḥmad
- Asmá al-Manāqib fī Tahdhīb Asná al-Maṭālib fī manāqib al-Imām Amīr al-Mūʾminīn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib
- Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī
- Manāqib al-asad al-ghālib mumzaq al-kitāʼib wa-muẓahhar al-ʻajāʼib Layth ibn Ghālib, Amīr al-Muʼminīn Abī al-Ḥusayn ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭalib
- Sharḥ al-Jazarīyah
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The elephant clock was one of the most famous inventions of al-Jazari.
Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī (1136–1206, Arabic: بَدِيعُ الزَّمانِ أَبُو العِزِّ بْنُ إسْماعِيلَ بْنِ الرَّزَّازِ الجَزَرِيّ, [ældʒæzæriː]) 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 (Arabic: كتاب في معرفة الحيل الهندسية, romanized: Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks', also known as Automata) 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.