The Banū Mūsā brothers (Arabic: بنو موسى, "Sons of Mūsā") were three 9th century Persian scholars, of Baghdad, active in the House of Wisdom:
* Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (before 803 – 873) (Arabic: محمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in astronomy, engineering, geometry and physics.
* Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (803 – 873) (Arabic: أحمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and mechanics.
* Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (810 – 873) (Arabic: الحسن بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and geometry.
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| - The Banū Mūsā brothers (Arabic: بنو موسى, "Sons of Mūsā") were three 9th century Persian scholars, of Baghdad, active in the House of Wisdom:
* Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (before 803 – 873) (Arabic: محمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in astronomy, engineering, geometry and physics.
* Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (803 – 873) (Arabic: أحمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and mechanics.
* Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (810 – 873) (Arabic: الحسن بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and geometry.
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notable ideas
| - Application of arithmetic to geometry, various inventions
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Name
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major works
| - Book of Ingenious Devices, Book on the Measurement of Plane and Spherical Figures
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Caption
| - An illustration of a self-trimming lamp from Ahmad's On Mechanical Devices, written in Arabic.
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Title
| - Ahmad Banu Musa
- Banu Musa brothers
- al-Hasan Banu Musa
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| - Banu_Musa
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- Banu_Musa_al-Hasan
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Short Description
| - Persian mathematician and astronomer
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influenced
| - Thabit ibn Qurra, Hunayn Ibn Ishaq, Ibn al‐Haytham, Naṣīr al‐Dīn al‐Ṭūsī, Gerard of Cremona, Leonardo Fibonacci, Jordanus de Nemore, Roger Bacon, Al-Jazari, Leonardo da Vinci
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| - The Banū Mūsā brothers (Arabic: بنو موسى, "Sons of Mūsā") were three 9th century Persian scholars, of Baghdad, active in the House of Wisdom:
* Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (before 803 – 873) (Arabic: محمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in astronomy, engineering, geometry and physics.
* Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (803 – 873) (Arabic: أحمد بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and mechanics.
* Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir (810 – 873) (Arabic: الحسن بن موسى بن شاكر) , who specialised in engineering and geometry. The Banu Musa were the sons of Mūsā ibn Shākir, who had been a highwayman and later an astrologer to the Caliph al-Ma'mūn. At his death, he left his young sons in the custody of the Caliph, who entrusted them to Ishaq bin Ibrahim al-Mus'abi, a former governor of Baghdad. The education of the three brothers was carried out by Yahya bin Abu Mansur who worked at the famous House of Wisdom library and translation centre in Baghdad.
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