Abu as-Salt

Abū al-Ṣalt
Bornc.1068
Dénia, al-Andalus
DiedOctober 23, 1134
Béjaïa, Algeria
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsQuadrivium, Astronomy, Music
InfluencedSamuel of Marseilles, Profiat Duran

Abū aṣ-Ṣalt Umayya ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī aṣ-Ṣalt ad-Dānī al-Andalusī (Arabic: أبو الصلت) (c. 1068—October 23, 1134), known in Latin as Albuzale, was an Andalusian-Arab[1][2] polymath who wrote about pharmacology, geometry, Aristotelian physics, and astronomy.[3] His works on astronomical instruments were read both in the Islamic world and Europe. He also occasionally traveled to Palermo and worked in the court of Roger I of Sicily as a visiting physician.[4] He became well known in Europe through translations of his works made in the Iberian Peninsula and in southern France.[4] He is also credited with introducing Andalusi music to Tunis, which later led to the development of the Tunisian ma'luf.[4]

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 1967.
  2. ^ Marcorini, Edgardo (1988). Prehistory. Facts On File, Incorporated. ISBN 9780871964755.
  3. ^ Selin, Helaine (2008). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 9.
  4. ^ a b c Comes 2007.