al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 A.D.), known as Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic:...
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the interior floor. In 1976 the crater was named by the IAU after Abbas Ibn Firnas, a polymath from Andalucia who, in the 9th century, devised a chain...
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Husayn. Abbas ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad prince and general Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun (died 838), Abbasid prince and general Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...
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Hazrat-e-Abbas, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first imam in Shia Islam) Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–653), uncle of Muhammad Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...
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type of metronome was among the inventions of Andalusian polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887). In 1815, German inventor Johann Maelzel patented a mechanical...
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study of bird flight. Medieval Islamic Golden Age scientists such as Abbas ibn Firnas also made such studies. The founders of modern aeronautics, Leonardo...
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873). Major figure in Islamic philosophy. Influenced by Neoplatonism. Abbas ibn Firnas (809–887). Polymath. John the Scot (c. 815 – 877). neoplatonist, pantheist...
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and the Father of Operative Surgery. Ibn al-Nafis: Father of Circulatory Physiology and Anatomy. Abbas ibn Firnas: Father of Medieval Aviation. Alhazen:...
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9th century Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Abbas Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman), 9th century Al-Saghani...
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uses of lenses. The invention of reading stones is often credited to Abbas ibn Firnas in the 9th century, although the regular use of reading stones only...
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capital of the Takurunna province. It was the hometown of the polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an inventor, engineer, alleged aviator, chemist, physician...
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were those by the 9th-century Andalusian and Arabic-language poet Abbas ibn Firnas and the 11th-century English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury; both experiments...
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Abbasid caliphate due to the disastrous Fourth Fitna. The scholar Abbas ibn Firnas made an attempt to fly, though accounts vary on his success. In 852...
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scholar who introduced the Maliki school of jurisprudence in Al-Andalus. Abbas ibn Firnas, 810–887, Berber inventor, poet, and scientist in the Emirate of Córdoba...
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17th-century account reports an attempt at flight by the 9th-century poet Abbas Ibn Firnas near Córdoba, Spain which ended in heavy back injuries. The monk Eilmer...
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short-distance human flights appear, such as the winged flights of Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887, recorded in the 17th century), Eilmer of Malmesbury (11th...
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Malmesbury (recorded in the 12th century) and the 9th-century poet Abbas Ibn Firnas (recorded in the 17th century). Roger Bacon, writing in 1260, was also...
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plumb-line. Persian and Arab astronomers such as Ibrahim al-Fazari and Abbas Ibn Firnas continued to build and improve on armillary spheres. The spherical...
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Hezarfen’s desire to build wings that allow him to fly. Lagâri Hasan Çelebi Abbas ibn Firnas hezarfen Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine TDK Büyük...
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Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809–873) wrote the book Ten Treatises on the Eye; this remained influential in the West until the 17th century. Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...
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Arabic grammar, poetry, astrology, medicine, and other sciences. Abbas ibn Firnas was among the most notable poets and polymaths of this period who brought...
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would obscure the view of the Great Mosque. Autovía del Sur Bridge. Abbas Ibn Firnas Bridge, Inaugurated in January 2011 It is part of the variant west...
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September 24 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (b. 810) Ibn Majah, Muslim hadith compiler (or 889) Jeonggang...
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Spain). According to a 17th century account, the Andalusian inventor Abbas ibn Firnas makes a tower jump in Córdoba. He wraps himself with vulture feathers...
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which failed. A 17th-century account states that 9th-century poet Abbas Ibn Firnas made a similar attempt, though no earlier sources record this event...
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(d. 870) July 27 – Xuān Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 859) Abbas ibn Firnas, Muslim physician and inventor (d. 887) Anastasius, antipope of Rome...
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Medal Otto Lilienthal Museum Aviation history Albrecht Berblinger Abbas Ibn Firnas George Cayley Jean-Marie Le Bris John Joseph Montgomery German inventors...
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attempts ended in serious injury or death. The Andalusian scientist Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887 AD) is claimed to have made a jump in Córdoba, Spain, covering...
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Germany – contact lens Ethel Finck (1932–2003), U.S. – cardiac catheter Abbas Ibn Firnas (810–887), Al-Andalus – fused quartz and silica glass, metronome Artur...
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philosophy in Constantinople, where he taught Aristotelian logic. Abbas Ibn Firnas (810 – 887), a polymath and inventor in Al-Andalus, made contributions...
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