At a glance
- Roles
- Scientist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
History-writing and social thought
Place in the story
- ScientistTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Armiyuni, a scholar of mathematics and astronomy in Egypt. He was born in Armant in western Egypt, and the attribution "al-Azhari" is thought likely because he studied at al-Azhar. He died in 1019 AH (around 1610 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu al-Khayr al-Armuni”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-al-khayr-al-armuni/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.