Abiyun al-Bitriq ( Arabic: ابيون البطريق, abiyūn al-biṭrīq, fl. 630 CE [1]) was a mathematician and a maker of astronomical instruments at the beginnings of Islam. [2] He is mentioned in al-Qifti's Tarikh al-Hukama as Anibun (أنبون, anibūn), [a] and al-Nadim's Fihrist. [b] [1] His name is not certain, [2] and it was probably Apion ( Greek: Ἀπίων) [3] or Apion Patrikios ( Greek: Ἀπίων Πατρίκιος). [1] He wrote a book, now lost, titled "On Operating the Planispherical Astrolabe" ( Arabic: كتاب العمل بالاسطرلاب المسطح, kitāb al-ʿamal bi-l-asṭurlāb al-musaṭṭaḥ) [1] [2]
Notes
- ^ Ta'rīḫ al-Ḥukamā', أنبون page ٧١ (71) in Lippert's edition ( Lippert 1903) [2]
- ^ Kitāb al-Fihrist, ابيون البطريق page ٢٧٠ (270) in Flügel's edition ( Flügel 1871) [2]
References
- ^ a b c d Bladel 2008
- ^ a b c d e Sezgin 1978
- ^ Flügel 1871, p. 24
Bibliography
- Bladel, Kevin van (2008). "Abiyūn al-biṭrīq". In Keyser, Paul T.; Irby-Massie, Georgia L. (eds.). The encyclopedia of ancient natural scientists the Greek tradition and its many heirs. London: Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-203-46273-7.
- Flügel, Gustav, ed. (1871). Kitâb al-Fihrist; Mit anmerkungen herausgegeben (in German and Arabic). Vol. 1. Leipzig: Berlag von F.C.W. Vogel.
- Lippert, Julius, ed. (1903). Ibn al-Qifṭī's Ta'rīḫ al-Ḥukamā' (in German and Arabic). Leipzig: Dieterichsche Verlagsbuchhandlung.
- Sezgin, Fuat (1978). Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (in German). Vol. 6. Leiden: Brill. p. 103. ISBN 90-04-05878-8.