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    al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 A.D.), known as Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic:...
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    the interior floor. In 1976 the crater was named by the IAU after Abbas Ibn Firnas, a polymath from Andalucia who, in the 9th century, devised a chain...
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  • Husayn. Abbas ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad prince and general Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun (died 838), Abbasid prince and general Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...
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  • type of metronome was among the inventions of Andalusian polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887). In 1815, German inventor Johann Maelzel patented a mechanical...
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  • Hazrat-e-Abbas, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the first imam in Shia Islam Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–653), uncle of Muhammad Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887)...
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  • 9th century Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Abbas Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman), 9th century Al-Saghani...
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    study of bird flight. Medieval Islamic Golden Age scientists such as Abbas ibn Firnas also made such studies. The founders of modern aeronautics, Leonardo...
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  • 873). Major figure in Islamic philosophy. Influenced by Neoplatonism. Abbas ibn Firnas (809–887). Polymath. John the Scot (c. 815 – 877). neoplatonist, pantheist...
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  • and the Father of Operative Surgery. Ibn al-Nafis: Father of Circulatory Physiology and Anatomy. Abbas ibn Firnas: Father of Medieval Aviation. Alhazen:...
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    capital of the Takurunna province. It was the hometown of the polymath Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an inventor, engineer, alleged aviator, chemist, physician...
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