• are collectively known as the Banū Mūsā (Arabic: بنو موسی, "Sons of Mūsā (or Moses)"). The Banū Mūsā were the sons of Mūsā ibn Shākir, who was a well-known...
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    The Banu Qasi, Banu Kasi, Beni Casi (Arabic: بني قسي or بنو قسي, meaning "sons" or "heirs of Cassius"), Banu Musa, or al-Qasawi were a Muladí (local convert)...
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    850 by the three brothers of Persian descent, the Banū Mūsā brothers (Ahmad, Muhammad and Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir) working at the House of Wisdom (Bayt...
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  • invaded Spain in 711 Mūsā ibn Shākir, Persian engineer and astronomer Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi, leader of the muwallad Banu Qasi clan's Musa Hitam, Malaysian...
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    so on. Mūsā ibn Shākir was an astrologer and a friend of Caliph Harun al-Rashid's son, al-Ma'mun. His sons, collectively known as the Banū Mūsā (Sons of...
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  • ibn Mūsā, the oldest of three mathematicians and astronomers known as the Banū Mūsā. Thābit displayed such exceptional linguistic skills that ibn Mūsā chose...
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    that Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī might have been the same person as Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir, the eldest of the three Banū Mūsā brothers. Al-Khwārizmī's...
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    al-jabr (algebra) originally referred to. Automatic controls: "Although the Banu Musa took Greek models as their starting point, they went well beyond anything...
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  • Mūsā ibn Shākir (Arabic: موسى بن شاكر) was the father of the three Banū Mūsā ("Sons of Musa") brothers, the renowned 9th-century scholars of Baghdad....
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    authors list (link) Banū Mūsā; Hill, Donald Routledge (1979), The Book of Ingenious Devices (Kitáb al-Ḥiyal) by the Banú (sons of) Músà bin Shákir, Springer...
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