Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi

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Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī
Born c. 780
Khwarezm, Uzbekistan
Died c. 850
Baghdad, Iraq
Other names Algorithmi
Employer House of Wisdom
Occupation mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Notable works The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing (al-Jabr)
Book of the Description of the Earth
Astronomical tables of Siddhanta
Extraction of the Jewish Era
Book of History

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780 – c. 850) was a non-Arab polymath from Persia.

He was looked down upon by respected Islamic scholars. Ibn Taymiyyah wrote about Khwarizmi:

انه وإن كان علمه صحيحا إلا إن العلوم الشرعية مستغنية عنه وعن غيره

Even if his science is correct, regardless, the Islamic sciences are dispensed of him and his likes.


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