Al-Battani

E320111

Arab scholar Muslim scholar astronomer mathematician medieval scientist polymath

Al-Battani was a renowned medieval Arab astronomer and mathematician whose precise observations and calculations significantly refined Ptolemaic astronomy and influenced later European science.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Al-Battani canonical	4
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani	1
Albategni	1
Albategnius	1
al-Battānī	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arab scholar ⓘ Muslim scholar ⓘ astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ medieval scientist ⓘ polymath ⓘ
approximateBirthDate	c. 858 ⓘ
approximateDeathDate	c. 929 ⓘ
birthPlace	Battan ⓘ Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ near Harran ⓘ region of modern-day Turkey or Syria ⓘ
citizenship	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
contributedTo	European astronomical tables ⓘ development of trigonometric methods ⓘ transition from Greek to Islamic astronomy ⓘ
deathPlace	Iraq ⓘ near Mosul ⓘ
era	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork	astrology ⓘ astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ observational astronomy ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ
fullName	Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani
givenName	Mohammad ⓘ surface form: Muhammad
influenced	European Renaissance astronomy ⓘ Johannes Kepler ⓘ Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek astronomy ⓘ Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ surface form: Ptolemy
knownFor	accurate solar measurements ⓘ calculating the precession of the equinoxes ⓘ determining the obliquity of the ecliptic ⓘ discovering variation in the apparent motion of the Sun ⓘ improving planetary models ⓘ improving the value of the eccentricity of the Sun’s orbit ⓘ improving values of the solar year ⓘ observations at ar-Raqqah ⓘ precise astronomical observations ⓘ refining Ptolemaic astronomy ⓘ refining the length of the tropical year ⓘ systematic use of trigonometry in astronomy ⓘ tables of sines and tangents ⓘ trigonometric tables ⓘ using sines instead of chords ⓘ
kunya	Abu Abd Allah ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ
LatinName	Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albategni Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Albategnius Albatenius ⓘ
legacy	helped prepare the way for the Copernican revolution ⓘ major source for medieval European astronomers ⓘ
name	Al-Battani self-link ⓘ
notableWork	De motu stellarum ⓘ Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi ⓘ surface form: Kitab az-Zij Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi ⓘ surface form: Kitab az-Zij al-Sabi
placeOfActivity	Harran ⓘ Raqqa ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
usedInstrument	armillary sphere ⓘ astrolabe ⓘ sundial ⓘ
workLocation	Raqqa ⓘ on the Euphrates ⓘ
workTranslatedInto	Latin ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Battani ⓘ

Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Battani ⓘ

Al-Battani's Zij al-Sabi → author → Al-Battani ⓘ

subject surface form: Zij al-Sabi

Al-Battani → name → Al-Battani self-link ⓘ

Al-Battani → fullName → Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani

Al-Battani → LatinName → Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albategnius

Al-Battani → LatinName → Al-Battani self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Albategni

Zīj al-Sindhind → influenced → Al-Battani ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Battānī