He is one of the famous Muslim astronomers who appeared after Al-Battani and Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, and he was perhaps the greatest astronomer of his time. Because of his brilliance, the Fatimids gave him generous gifts and established an …

Ibn Yunus was an Islamic mathematician known for his astronomical observations and for his many trigonometrical and astronomical tables.

Ibn Yunus 950-1009 Arab astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician whose al-Zij al- Hakimi al-kabir contains remarkably accurate astronomical calculations. In addition to descriptions of 40 planetary conjunctions and 30 lunar eclipses, the book contains tables for the Muslim, Coptic, Syrian, and Persian calendars.

Ibn Yūnus was one of the greatest astronomers of medieval Islam and the most important astronomer of medieval Egypt. Unfortunately, nothing of consequence is known about his early life or education.

Ibn Yunus is one of the greatest astronomers of the Islamic world in the Middle Ages. His full name is Abul Hasan Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Sadafi al-Masri.

Ibn Yūnus was one of the greatest astronomers of medieval Islam. He came from a resepected family, his great-grandfather Yūnus having been a companion of the famous legal scholar al-Shāfi‘ī and his father, ’Abd al Rahmān, being a distinguised historian and scholar of hadīth (the sayings of Muhammad).

(Arabic: ابن يونس; c. 950 – 1009) was an important Egyptian Muslim astronomer and mathematician, whose works are noted for being ahead of their time, having been based on meticulous calculations and attention to detail. Information regarding his early life and education is uncertain.

Ibn Yunus (950?-1009) was born in Islamic Egypt and served the Fatimid dynasty for twenty-six years. His most famous work, al-Zij al-Hakimi al-kabir, is notable for its very accurate tabulated results.

Ibn Yūnus was famous as an astrologer and, according to his biographers, devoted much time to making astrological predictions. Ibn Yūnus’s second major work was part of the corpus of spherical astronomical tables for timekeeping used in Cairo until the 19th century.

Mar 1, 2020 · Ibn Yunus’s full name is Abu’l-Hasan Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Sadafi. As the name indicates, his great-grandfather was called Yunus, his grandfather was Ahmad, and his father Abd al-Rahman. It was a family of scholars, his father Abd al-Rahman being a noted historian.