Ismail Mustafa al-Falaki

Ismail Mustafa, Ismail Effendi Mustafa, Ismail Bey Mustapha, Ismail Mustafa al-Falaki or Ismail Pasha al-Falaki (1825 – 27 July 1901) was an Egyptian astronomer and mathematician. Effendi, Bey and Pasha corresponded to the different ranks he attained along his career; "al-Falaki" was added to his name literally meaning "the astronomer".[1][2][3][4] He was born in Cairo to a family of Turkish origin and was educated in Paris, France.[5]

  1. ^ Ismaïl-Effendi-Moustapha.
  2. ^ Isma îl Bey Moustapha.
  3. ^ Reid 2003, 152.
  4. ^ Jamʻīyah al-Jughrāfīyah al-Miṣrīyah; AHMED ZEKI Bey (1876). Notice Biographique sur S. E. ISMAIL PACHA (L'ASTRONOME) in Bulletin de la Société de géographie d'Égypte. University of Michigan. [Le Caire]. pp. 6–16.
  5. ^ Goldschmidt, Arthur (2000), "al-falaki, Isma'il Mustafa", Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt, Lynne Rienner Publishers, p. 52, ISBN 1-55587-229-8, Astronomer and mathematician. Of Turkish origin, he was born and reared in Cairo.