Al-Khwarizmi

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Persian scholar astronomer geographer human mathematician

Al-Khwarizmi was a pioneering Persian mathematician and astronomer whose works on algebra and algorithms profoundly shaped the development of mathematics and science.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Al-Khwarizmi canonical 5
al-Khwarizmi 4
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī 3

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
associatedWith al-Ma'mun ⓘ
surface form: Caliph al-Ma'mun
birthPlace Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Greater Khorasan

Khwarezm ⓘ
surface form: Khwarazm

region of modern Uzbekistan ⓘ
citizenship Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
conceptCoinedFromName algorism ⓘ
algorithm ⓘ
employer House of Wisdom ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid court in Baghdad

House of Wisdom ⓘ
eponymOf algorism ⓘ
algorithm ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: al-Khwārizmī
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
geography ⓘ
mathematical tables ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
floruit early 9th century ⓘ
givenName Muhammad ⓘ
surface form: Muḥammad
inferredBirthDate circa 780 ⓘ
inferredDeathDate circa 850 ⓘ
influenced Latin medieval mathematics ⓘ
Renaissance mathematics ⓘ
development of algebra in Europe ⓘ
influencedBy Greek mathematics ⓘ
Indian mathematics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
name Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
notableAchievement construction of astronomical tables based on Indian and Greek sources ⓘ
introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals to the Islamic world ⓘ
revision of Ptolemaic geography ⓘ
systematic treatment of linear and quadratic equations ⓘ
notableWork Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala ⓘ
surface form: Al-Kitāb al-mukhtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-jabr wa-l-muqābala

Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala ⓘ
surface form: Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing

Zīj al-Sindhind ⓘ
astronomical tables ⓘ
work on Hindu-Arabic numerals ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
geographer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
scholar ⓘ
patronymicName ibn Mūsā ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
workLocation Baghdad ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Persians → notableScientist → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
House of Wisdom → notableScholar → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → majorFigure → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Al-Khwarizmi → name → Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Al-Khwarizmi → familyName → Al-Khwarizmi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khwārizmī
Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → influencedBy → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Toledo School of Translators → translatedAuthor → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala → author → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Al-Karaji → influencedBy → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Khwarizmi
Zīj al-Sindhind → author → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
ibn Mūsā → usedInNameOf → Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī