Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi
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al-Battiwi | |
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أبو مقرئ محمد البطوي | |
| Born | fl. 1331 |
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| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Astronomy |
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Abū Muqriʾ (or al-Muqriʾ, or Miqra) Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Baṭṭiwī (Arabic: أبو مقرئ (أو المقرئ) محمد بن علي البطوي) (fl. 1331) was a Moroccan astronomer who wrote a poem (urjūza) on the calendar, astronomy and the determination of the hours of Moslem prayer.[1] According to the German orientalist Carl Brockelmann, al-Baṭṭiwī was the commanding general of the Marinid sultan of Morocco, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman.[2]
His work was commented upon in the 15th century by Abd al-Rahman al-Jadiri, the muwaqqit (time-keeper) at the Qarawiyyin Mosque, and the mathematician Al-Qalasadi.[2][3] He was a native of the Rif region of Morocco.