Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi · Islam Museum

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At a glance

Roles: Scientist · mathematician
Counted among: Sunni
Era: The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region: Levant & Iraq
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Life in time

The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab al-Shirazi · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Astronomy and timekeeping Mathematics

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ScientistTradition

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Overview

Abu al-Qasim Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn ibn Yusuf al-Baghdadi, known as al-Badi al-Astarlabi, from Baghdad. The encyclopaedia counts him among the leading astronomers and astrolabe-makers of his age, and records his death in 534 AH. ¹

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People and things also explored

Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· al-Khujandi Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr· al-Khwarizmi· al-Nayrizi· al-Tizini Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Hassan al-Jabarti· Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi, Ahmad ibn Muhammad· Ibn al-Ha'im al-Ishbili

Sources

Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.269

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-badi-al-astarlabi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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