Ali ibn Isa al-Asturlabi

For other people of the same name, see Ali ibn Isa.

ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Asṭurlābī (Arabic: علي بن عيسى‎) was an Afro-Arab^{[citation needed]} astronomer and geographer of the 9th century. He wrote a treatise on the astrolabe and was an opponent of astrology. During the reign of al-Ma'mun, and together with Khālid ibn ʿAbd al‐Malik al‐Marwarrūdhī, he participated in an expedition to the Plain of Sinjar to measure the length of a degree, or the circumference of the Earth. He measured the Earth's circumference, getting a result of 40,248 km (or, according to other sources, 41,436 km).^{[citation needed]}

References

• Bolt, Marvin (2007). "ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al‐Asṭurlābī". In Thomas Hockey et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0.  (PDF version)

See also

• List of Arab scientists and scholars