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Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (صاعِدُالأندلسي) | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1029 |
| Died | 1070 |
| Other names | Abū al-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāʿid ibn ʿUthmān al-Taghlibi al-Qūrtūbi (صاعِدُ بنُ أحمدَ بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن صاعدٍ التَّغْلِبيُّ) |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Abū Muḥammad ibn Hazm (أبي محمد بن حَزْم) |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Banu Dhiʼb-n-Nun dynasty, Umayyad Caliphate |
| Main interests | astronomy, science, philosophy, universal history |
| Notable works | Ṭabaqāt al-‘Umam |
| Influenced | Al-Qifti |
Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (Arabic: صاعِدُ الأندلسي), in full Abū al-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāʿid ibn ʿUthmān al-Taghlibi al-Qūrtūbi (صاعِدُ بنُ أحمدَ بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن صاعدٍ التَّغْلِبيُّ) (1029 – July 6, 1070 AD; 420 – 6 Shawwal, 462 AH),[1] was an Arab qadi of Toledo in al-Andalus, who wrote on the history of science, philosophy and thought. He was a mathematician and scientist with a special interest in astronomy and compiled a famous biographic encyclopedia of science that quickly became popular in the empire and the Islamic East.[2]
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