Biography of the banu musa brothers inventions
Where were the banu musa brothers born...
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Three brothers—Muḥammad, Aḥmad, and al-Ḥasan —always known under the one name, which means “sons of Mūsā” (b. Baghdad, Iraq, beginning of ninth century; d.
Banu musa brothers inventions
Baghdad. Muḥammad the eldest, d. January or February a.d. 873)
mathematics, astronomy.
Their father, Mūsā ibn Shākir, was a robber in his youth but later became a proficient astrologer. He died during the reign of Calif al-Maʾmūn (813–833), while his children were still young.
Al-Maʾmūn recognized the mental ability of the brothers and enrolled them in the House of Wisdom—the first scientific institution in the Abbasid Empire and quite similar to the modern academy—which he himself had founded.
Biography of the banu musa brothers inventions
Soon the Banū Mūsā excelled in mathematics, astronomy, and mechanics and became the most active members of the House of Wisdom. With Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī they led its scientific research. Al-Khwārizmī was the founder of the Arabic school of algebra, while the Banū Mūsā were especially interested in geometry