Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:mathematician
astronomer |
| gptkbp:birthPlace |
gptkb:Harran
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| gptkbp:birthYear |
c. 858
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| gptkbp:contribution |
improved measurements of the solar year
discovered the movement of the solar apogee used sines and tangents in trigonometry |
| gptkbp:deathPlace |
Qasr al-Jiss, near Samarra, Iraq
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| gptkbp:deathYear |
929
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan al-Raqqi al-Harrani al-Sabi al-Battani
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Tycho_Brahe
gptkb:Copernicus gptkb:Kepler |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
gptkb:Al-Zij_al-Sabi
astronomical observations trigonometry |
| gptkbp:language |
gptkb:Arabic
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| gptkbp:majorWork |
Kitab az-Zij
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| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
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| gptkbp:otherName |
gptkb:Al-Battani
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| gptkbp:religion |
gptkb:Sabian
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:al-Battani
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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