Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- mathematician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Place in the story
- ScientistTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, called al-Uqlidisi, a mathematician. He probably lived in Damascus, and his nickname is linked with the book attributed to Euclid. He died around 370 AH (980 CE). 1
People and things also explored
Algebra (al-jabr)· Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Ahmad ibn Yusuf· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi· al-Burshani Ibrahim ibn Muhammad· al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Matar· al-Khujandi Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr· al-Khwarizmi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.255
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Al-Uqlidisi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-uqlidisi-ahmad-ibn-ibrahim/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.