Banu Musa brothers

E863270

Persian scholars astronomers engineers group of scholars inventors mathematicians

The Banu Musa brothers were three 9th-century Persian scholars and engineers in Baghdad renowned for their influential works in mathematics, astronomy, and mechanical inventions during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Label	Occurrences
Banu Musa brothers canonical	1
Banu Musa tradition of hiyal	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persian scholars ⓘ astronomers ⓘ engineers ⓘ group of scholars ⓘ inventors ⓘ mathematicians ⓘ
activeDuring	9th century ⓘ Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
activeIn	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Wisdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Bayt al-Hikma NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Baghdad observatories ⓘ
contributedTo	development of infinitesimal methods ⓘ early integral calculus ideas ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
designed	automatic fountains ⓘ mechanical musical instruments ⓘ self-regulating lamps ⓘ trick vessels ⓘ
era	Abbasid era ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Persian ⓘ
fieldOfWork	astronomical observation ⓘ geometry ⓘ instrument design ⓘ mechanics ⓘ
influenced	Islamic astronomy ⓘ Islamic mathematics ⓘ medieval European science ⓘ
influencedBy	Greek mathematics ⓘ Hellenistic science NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	astronomy ⓘ automata ⓘ geometric problems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ mechanical engineering ⓘ patronage of scholars ⓘ translation of Greek works ⓘ
languageOfWork	Arabic ⓘ
member	Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir NERFINISHED ⓘ Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Book of Ingenious Devices NERFINISHED ⓘ Book on the Measurement of Plane and Spherical Figures NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitab al-Hiyal NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron	Caliph al-Ma'mun NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Islamic civilization ⓘ
role	court scholars ⓘ scientific administrators ⓘ

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Thabit ibn Qurra → associatedWith → Banu Musa brothers ⓘ

Kitab al-Ma‘rifa bi al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya (on devices, including medical) → relatedConcept → Banu Musa brothers ⓘ

subject surface form: Kitab al-Ma‘rifa bi al-Hiyal al-Handasiyya

this entity surface form: Banu Musa tradition of hiyal