Ibn al-Shatir

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Ibn al-Shatir was a 14th-century Syrian astronomer and timekeeper whose innovative planetary models anticipated key features of the later Copernican system.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
astronomer
human
mathematician
muwaqqit
birthDate 1304
century 14th century
correctedWorkOf Claudius Ptolemaeus
surface form: Ptolemy
countryOfCitizenship Mamluk Sultanate
deathDate 1375
designed astrolabes
portable sundials
sundials for the Umayyad Mosque
employer Great Mosque of Damascus
surface form: Umayyad Mosque of Damascus
era Islamic Golden Age
surface form: Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork astronomical instrumentation
astronomy
mathematics
timekeeping
fullName ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir
hasGender male
influenced development of Copernican planetary models
later Islamic astronomers
knownFor accurate astronomical tables
design of astronomical instruments
design of sundials
innovative planetary theory
languageOfWork Arabic
name Ibn al-Shatir self-link
notableIdea elimination of the Ptolemaic equant
epicyclic models equivalent to later Copernican models
improved lunar model
non-Ptolemaic planetary models
notableWork Nihāyat al-sūl fī taṣḥīḥ al-uṣūl
al-Zīj al-jadīd (The New Astronomical Handbook)
treatises on astronomical instruments
occupation astronomer
instrument maker
timekeeper
placeOfBirth Damascus
placeOfDeath Damascus
positionHeld chief muwaqqit of the Umayyad Mosque
region Syrian region
religion Islam
subjectOf history of science studies
usedSystem geocentric cosmology
workLocation Damascus

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Ibn al-Shatir
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi influenced Ibn al-Shatir
Ibn al-Shatir name Ibn al-Shatir self-link