Al-Fazari, Mohammad

While some sources refer to him as an Arab³⁴⁵⁶, other sources state that he was a Persian.⁷⁸⁹

Along with Yaqub ibn Tariq and his father he helped translate the Indian astronomical text by Brahmagupta (fl. 7th century), the Brahmasphutasiddhanta, into Arabic as Az-Zīj ‛alā Sinī al-‛Arab.¹², or the Sindhind. This translation was possibly the vehicle by means of which the Hindu numerals were transmitted from India to Islam. ¹³

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^ * H. Suter: Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber (p. 4, 1900).
^ * Introduction to the History of Science by George Sarton - Page 524
^ Scott L. Montgomery. Science in Translation: movements of knowledge through cultures and time. p. 81.
^ Abramovich, Boris et al. History of Civilizations of Central Asia. pp. 177-178.
^ Pingree, David (1970). The Fragments of the Works of Al-Fazari. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. Vol. 29, No. 2. pp. 103-123.
^ Yaqut al-Hamawi. Irshad al-Arib Fi Ma'rifat al-Adib. Ed. D. S. Margoliouth. "E. J. W. Gibb Mem. Ser.," 6. Vol. 6. 2d ed. London, 1931.
^ * The Root of Europe: studies in the diffusion of Greek culture by Ralph Westwood Moore, Michael Huxley - 1952 - Page 48
^ * Richard N. Frye, The Golden Age of Persia, p. 163.
^ * From Freedom to Freedom: African roots in American soils : selected readings - by Ervin Lewis, Mildred Bain
^ * Glimpses of Islamic History and Culture by M. D. Zafar - 1987 - Page 331
^ * Richard N. Frye, The Golden Age of Persia, p. 163.
^ E. S. Kennedy, A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables, (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 46, 2), Philadelphia, 1956, pp. 2, 7, 12 (zijes no. 2, 28, 71).
^ * D. E. Smith and L. C. Karpinski: The Hindu-Arabic Numerals (Boston, 1911), p.92.).

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