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Jābir
Jabir (Arabic: جابر ) is an Arabic language, Arabic surname or male given name, which means "comforter".''Behind The Name''"Jabir" Retrieved on 8 January 2016. Alternative spellings include Djābir, Jaber, Jābir, Gabir, and Geber (other), Geber. The name may refer to: Given name *Jaber I Al-Sabah (1770–1859), Kuwaiti political leader *Jabir Al-Azmi (born 1970), Kuwaiti politician *Jabir al-Kaabi (1789–1881), Arabian political leader *Jabir al-Sabah (1926–2006), Emir of Kuwait *Jabir Herbert Muhammad (1929–2008), American businessman *Jabir Husain (born 1945), Indian politician *Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607–697), Arab companion of Muhammad *Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150), Spanish-Arab astronomer *Jābir ibn Hayyan (died c. 806–816), early Islamic alchemist *Jābir ibn Zayd (died 711), Arab theologian *Jabir Novruz (1933–2002), Azerbaijani writer *Jabir Raza (born 1955), Indian historian *Djabir Saïd-Guerni (born 1977), Algerian athlete *Jabir Shakir (born 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jabir Ibn Aflah
Abū Muḥammad Jābir ibn Aflaḥ ( ar, أبو محمد جابر بن أفلح, la, Geber/Gebir; 1100–1150) was an Arab Muslim astronomer and mathematician from Seville, who was active in 12th century al-Andalus. His work ''Iṣlāḥ al-Majisṭi'' (Correction of the ''Almagest'') influenced Islamic, Jewish, and Christian astronomers. ''Iṣlāḥ al-Majisṭi (Correction of the Almagest)'' This work is a commentary and reworking of Ptolemy's '' Almagest'' and is the first criticism of it in the Islamic West. He particularly criticized the mathematical basis of the work. For example, he replaced the use of Menelaus' theorem with ones based on spherical trigonometry, in what seems to be an attempt to increase the mathematical precision of the work. These theorems had been developed by a group of 10th century Islamic mathematicians who included Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī and then also by Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muadh Al-Jayyani who worked in Andalusia during the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
