Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya Al-Zarqali (en arabe : أبو إسحاق إبراهيم ابن يحيى الزرقالي ) ou Al-Zarqali (1029 - 1087), est un astronome arabe[1],[2],[3] originaire de Tolède. Il a longtemps été connu sous des formes latinisées de son nom : Azarquiel en espagnol, Azarchel en français et Arzachel en anglais.
- ↑ Kalin, Ibrahim (2014). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam. Oxford University Press. p.72."And the most famous Arab Spanish feo, Ibn al-Zarqālī (Azarquiel; d. 1100), seems to have been the first to design a universal astrolabe."
- ↑ Kennedy, Edward Stewart (1983). Studies in the Islamic exact sciences. American University of Beirut. p. 502."Both of these are a recension made by the famous Spanish Arab astronomer Azarquiel, Abu Ishaq al-Naqqash al-Zarqalla, also known as al-Zarqall, Zarkali, al- Zarqellu, Azarcall, etc."
- ↑ Hill, Donald (2013). A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times. Routledge. p. 193."This inconvenience was remedied by the Spanish Arab al-Zarqali (Azarquiel, Arzachel) who made the vernal or the autumnal point the center, and the meridian passing through the solstitial points the plane of projection."