Ibn al satir biography for kids

Arab astronomer and clockmaker (–)

ʿAbu al-Ḥasan Alāʾ al‐Dīn bin Alī bin Ibrāhīm bin Muhammad bin al-Matam al-Ansari,^[1] known as Ibn al-Shatir or Ibn ash-Shatir (Arabic: ابن الشاطر; –) was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and engineer.

He worked as muwaqqit (موقت, timekeeper) in the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and constructed a sundial for its minaret in /

Biography

Ibn al-Shatir was born in Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate around the year His father died when he was six years old. His grandfather took him in which resulted in Ibn al-Shatir learning the craft of inlaying ivory.^[2] Ibn al-Shatir traveled to Cairo and Alexandria to study astronomy, where he fell in, inspired him.^[2] After completing his studies with Abu 'Ali al-Marrakushi, Ibn al-Shatir returned to his home in Damascus where he was then appointed muwaqqit (timekeeper) of the Umayyad Mosque.^[2] Part of his duties as muqaqqit involved keeping track of History of the Early Islamic World for Kids: The First Four ...

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