Abiyun al-Bitriq ( Arabic: ابيون البطريق, abiyūn al-biṭrīq, fl. 630 CE [1]) was a mathematician and a maker of astronomical instruments at the beginnings of Islam. [2] He is mentioned in al-Qifti's Tarikh al-Hukama as Anibun (أنبون, anibūn), [a] and al-Nadim's Fihrist. [b] [1] His name is not certain, [2] and it was probably Apion ( Greek: Ἀπίων) [3] or Apion Patrikios ( Greek: Ἀπίων Πατρίκιος). [1] He wrote a book, now lost, titled "On Operating the Planispherical Astrolabe" ( Arabic: كتاب العمل بالاسطرلاب المسطح, kitāb al-ʿamal bi-l-asṭurlāb al-musaṭṭaḥ) [1] [2]
Abiyun al-Bitriq ( Arabic: ابيون البطريق, abiyūn al-biṭrīq, fl. 630 CE [1]) was a mathematician and a maker of astronomical instruments at the beginnings of Islam. [2] He is mentioned in al-Qifti's Tarikh al-Hukama as Anibun (أنبون, anibūn), [a] and al-Nadim's Fihrist. [b] [1] His name is not certain, [2] and it was probably Apion ( Greek: Ἀπίων) [3] or Apion Patrikios ( Greek: Ἀπίων Πατρίκιος). [1] He wrote a book, now lost, titled "On Operating the Planispherical Astrolabe" ( Arabic: كتاب العمل بالاسطرلاب المسطح, kitāb al-ʿamal bi-l-asṭurlāb al-musaṭṭaḥ) [1] [2]