Musa ibn Shakir

موسى بن شاكر

Draft card for Musa ibn Shakir, the ninth-century client of al-Ma'mun and father of the Banu Musa mathematicians, d. 815; the biographical entry is not yet checked on the page.

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Scholar
Era
The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir· Al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir· Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir

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Baghdad· Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir· Al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir· Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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Baghdad

Capital of the Abbasid caliphate, founded by al-Mansur in 762 CE and a great centre of learning.