the Islamic golden age

what is the Islamic golden age?

The expansion of Islam developed several branches of knowledge by Muslim Scholars due to the decline of the Roman empire in the middle ages (AD 5-15th centuries)

astronomy

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where were the astronomy observatories located during the islamic age?

Alexandria, Cairo, Baghdad, Toledo, Cordova, Samarqand, and Maragha.

Al-Kindi (800-870)

was an early Arab scholar of the 9th century.

he set the stage for the Islamic tradition of learning.

his works of astronomy have influenced other works later on.

he wrote about 265 works that were mostly short treatises.

Al-Battani (858 - 929)

Arab astronomer and mathematician who refined existing values for the length of the Year and the seasons.

was a follower of Ptolemy.

Abul Wafa Al-Buzjani (940-998)

He has wrote 50 books/ papers like Kitāb al‐Majisṭī. The book consists of three chapters.

He has translated some Indian books and also published a list of latitude and longitude of the world's principal towns.

Ibnu Yunus (950-1009)

His most famous work, al-Zij al-Hakimi al-kabir.

According to his astronomical

contribution NASA named a Crater with Ibnu Yunus.

Ulugh Beg (1394-1449)

served as Timurid Sultan for the final two years of his life and as governor of Transoxiana and Turkestan. He is primarily recognized, nevertheless, as a patron of astronomy and mathematics.

he founded a school and an observatory.

Ulugh Beg is associated with a Persian astronomical handbook (zīj) that stands out for its accuracy.

Biṭrūjī (1204)

Al-Biṭrūjī was the first astronomer to present a non-Ptolemaic astronomical system

The crater Alpetragius on the Moon is named after him

Geography

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Ahmad ibn Majid (1432)

work was Kitab al-Fawa'id fi Usul 'Ilm al-Bahr wa 'l-Qawa'id written in 1490.

specialist in Indian Ocean navigation, and it is thought that Vasco da Gama sought his advice on the path to India.

Ibn Jubair (1145)

He wrote a lively account of the journey to Mecca, 'Riḥlah'

It is an important historical document that includes vivid accounts of his Mediterranean travels in Genoese vessels.

Abu Hamid Al-Garnati (1080)

His best-known book, al-Mu'rib 'an ba'd 'aja'ib al-Maghreb, actually covers all of the lands he visited.

Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100-1165)

drew the World Map in the 12th Century

In an effort to integrate descriptive and astronomical geography, he penned "Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq,"

kaIbrahim Müteferri

A 1728 hemispheric world map

Mathematics

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Al Khawarizmi (AD780-850).

He is the father of algebra and Algorithms

His academic work, "Hisab al-Jabr wal-Muqabala" (The Book of Integration and Equation),

Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam

who was referred to as the "Egyptian Calculator"

Abu Kamil is credited with being the first mathematician to use and accept irrational numbers as equation coefficients and solutions.

He worked on and solved non-linear simultaneous equations with three unknown variables.

Abu'l Hassan Ahmad ibn Ibrahim Al-Uqlidisi (920-980)

writer of Kitab al-Fusul fi al-Hisab al-Hindi (The Book of Chapters on Indian Arithmetic) and Kitab alhajari fi al-hisab(The Book of Records on Arithmetic)

Kushyar ibn Labban (971-1029)

main work have taken place during the 11th century, which was influenced by Ptolemy's Almagest and al‐Battānī's Zīj

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)

He is renowned for his contributions to geometry, particularly those pertaining to proportions.

He finished the "Treatise on Demonstration of Problems on Algebra." He talks about solving cubic equations by intersecting conic sections.

Moodle questions .

1) Which Arab astronomer and mathematician refined existing values for the length of the Year and the seasons in the 9th century?

A) Sheik Ahmed Yunus B) Imam Ahmed

C) Ibnu Sina D) Al Battani

answer: D

2) Which Muslim Scholar wrote, "Istiab al-wujuh al-mumkinah fī ṣan at al-asturlab" (Exhaustive Book on Astrolabes) in the 11th century which discusses the possibility of Earth motion.

A) Imam Gazzali B) Al Biruni

C) Ibnu Sina D) Al Majid

answer: B

3) What is the name of an Islamic scholar who translated some Indian books and also published a list of latitude and longitude of the world's principal towns?

A) Ali Jafar B) Ibnu Yunus C) Abul Wafa D)Ibnu al Haitham

answer: C

What is the name of a prominent Muslim astronomer whose name has been given to a Crater on the moon?

A) Ibnu Arabi B) Ibnu Yunus

C) Ahmed bin Jabir D) Nasir Al Din

answer: B

moodle questions ..

5) Which Muslim geographer was consulted by Vasco da Gama regarding the route to India?

A) Umar Khayyam B) Muhammed Al Idrisi C) Ahmed Ibnu Majid D) Ibn Jabir

answer: C

6) Which significant ancient lighthouse was explained by Abu Hamid Al-Garnati in the field of geographical study?

Spain B) Georgia C) Sri Lanka

D) Alexandria

answer: D

7) Which Muslim Geographer drew the World Map in the 12th Century?

A) Ali Jabir B) Muhammed Al Idirisi

C) Ahmed Ibnu Majid D) Nasir Al Din

answer: B

8) Who is the father of algebra and Algorithm?

Ahmed Ibnu Majid B) Ibnu Yunus

C) Abul Wafa D) Al Khwarizmi

answer: D

moodle questions

9) Who is the author of "The Canon of Medicine"?

Al Razi B) Ibnu Jabir C) Ibnu Sina D) Al Farabi

answer: C

10) Who is the prominent Islamic scholar in Optics?

A) Al Biruni B) Ibn- al- Haitham

C) Al Kindi D) Jabir Ibn Hayyan

answer: B