Al-Samawal al-Maghribi
Al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā al-Maghribī (Arabic: السموأل بن يحيى المغربي, c. 1130 – c. 1180), commonly known as Samawʾal al-Maghribi, was a mathematician, astronomer and physician. Born to a Jewish family of North African origin, he concealed his conversion to Islam for many years for fear of offending his father, then openly embraced Islam in 1163 after he had a dream telling him to do so. His father was a rabbi from Morocco named Yehuda ibn Abūn.
Samauʼal Al-Maghribī | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1130 |
| Died | c. 1180 Maragheh, Ahmadili Azerbaijan |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Mathematics, Medicine |
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