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Al-Battani (ca. 850-923) arab astronomer (latinized Albategnius, Albategni, Albatenius; full name Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān ar-Raqqī al-Ḥarrani aṣ-Ṣabiʾ al-Battānī), born in Harran near Urfa. His epithet as-Sabi suggests that among his ancestry were members of the Sabian sect who worshipped the stars.
Al Battani worked in ar-Raqqah in Syria. His most important work is the Kitāb az-Zīj ('the book of tables'). In 57 chapters, Al-Battani treats the division of the celestial sphere, and introduces mathematical tools that form the basis of modern trigonometry.
The Kitāb az-Zīj, by way of latin translation by Plato Tiburensis in 1116 (printed 1537), had great influence on european astronomy.
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History of Mathematics (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Al-Battani.html)
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