Al-Zarqali

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Al-Zarqali was an influential 11th-century Andalusian astronomer and instrument maker whose precise observations and innovations, including improved astrolabes and solar tables, significantly shaped Islamic and later European astronomy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomer
instrument maker
medieval scientist
polymath
alternativeName Al-Zarqallu
Al-Zarqali
surface form: Al-Zarqālī

Ibn al-Zarqālluh
birthDate c. 1029
century 11th century
civilization Islamic Golden Age
country Taifa of Toledo
deathDate c. 1087
era medieval period
fieldOfWork astrometry
astronomy
mathematics
scientific instrumentation
fullName Al-Zarqali self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Zarqali
givenName Abu Ishaq Ibrahim
hasAstroObjectNamedAfter lunar crater Arzachel
impact used as a source for later astronomical tables in Christian Europe
influenced European astronomical tables
Latin medieval astronomers
influencedBy Ptolemaic astronomy
knownFor Toledan Tables
accurate determination of the solar year length
construction of universal astrolabes
improvements to the astrolabe
influence on later European astronomy
observation of the motion of the solar apogee
solar tables of Toledo
languageOfWork Arabic
latinizedName Arzachel
legacy contributed to transition from Islamic to European astronomical traditions
madeObservationAt Toledo observatory
madeObservationOf planetary positions
solar motion
notableWork Toledan Tables
treatises on the astrolabe
occupation astronomer
instrument maker
metalworker
placeOfActivity Cordoba (historical)
surface form: Cordoba

Toledo
placeOfBirth Toledo
precision highly accurate for his time
region Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus
religion Islam

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Al-Zarqali
Al-Zarqali fullName Al-Zarqali self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Zarqali
Al-Zarqali alternativeName Al-Zarqali
this entity surface form: Al-Zarqālī