Scholars and religious figures
Hassan al-Jabarti (Xasan al-Jabarti)
Hassan al-Jabarti (died 1774) was a Somali-origin mathematician, astronomer, theologian and philosopher who lived in Cairo. His family came from Zeila, he carried out experiments watched by scholars from al-Azhar, and he was the father of the historian Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti. Most of his work remains unpublished.
Hassan al-JabartiXasan al-Jabarti · Hasan al-Jabarti
- Lived
- ? to 1774
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Places
- Boorama and Awdal
- Era
- 1500 to 1884
- Sources
- 1 sources
Who was he?
Hassan al-Jabarti was a Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher who lived in Cairo in the eighteenth century and died in 1774 (Wikipedia, Hassan al-Jabarti). His family came from the Somali city of Zeila (same source). See Awdal and Somalis in Egypt.
Work
He is counted among the leading scholars of eighteenth-century Cairo (Wikipedia). He often carried out experiments, which students and teachers from al-Azhar came to watch (same source). Most of his writings remain unpublished in archives (same source).
He was the father of Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, the historian of Egypt (same source).
In short
A Zeila-origin scholar of mathematics and astronomy in eighteenth-century Cairo, and father of the historian al-Jabarti.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Hassan al-Jabarti · en.wikipedia.org
Hassan al-JabartiXasan al-Jabarti · Hasan al-Jabarti
- Lived
- ? to 1774
- Known as one of
- Scholars and religious figures
- Places
- Boorama and Awdal
- Era
- 1500 to 1884
- Sources
- 1 sources
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