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	Abbas Ibn Firnas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		'Abbas Ibn Firnas, or 'Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (810 – 887 A.D. Arabic: العباس بن فرناس) was a Berber
		The Iraqis built a statue in his memory on the way to Baghdad International Airport, and the Ibn Firnas Airport to the north of Baghdad is named for him.
		Ibn Firnas crater on the Moon is also named in his honor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas (490 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : First Flights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ibn Firnas had met his friends in a suit of feathers, with the actual wings of two large birds attached to his arms and legs.
		In addition to his medical duties at the Cordoba court, Firnas was a poet of fair accomplishment, a scientist of note, a student of music and the inventor of a simple metronome.
		Ibn Firnas, too, recognized that it was not an easy dream to catch and hold—even for a few exhilarating moments.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196401/first.flights.htm (1232 words)

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		Ibn Hafsoun's influence covered a wide area, and he become by then the leader, par-excellence, of a movement aiming at independence from the Arab state of Al-Andalus and, as such, mustered a wide support especially from the muladies who rallied around him forming a revolutionary structure, completely integrated economically and militarily.
		Ibn Hafsun, who represented the most serious dilemma to both his brother and his father, continued his rebellion against 'Abdullah, who was soon compelled to come to terms with him by signing an armistice, which 'Abdullah needed to enable him put his house in order and prepare himself for a decisive confrontation with that rebel.
		Ibn al-Hajjaj wasted little time in setting up his own government and creating his own army, while builders and artisans were busy erecting a luxurious palace which was to witness extravagant festivities as well as intellectual encounters comprising some of the most respected poets, scientists and scholars in the land.
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	Ibn Firnas (crater) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ibn Firnas is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon.
		Attached to the exterior of its southwestern rim is the prominent King crater.
		The satellite crater 'Ibn Firnas L' lies along the inner wall to the southeast and covers part of the interior floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibn_Firnas_(crater) (325 words)

	Islamic inventions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 9th century Islamic Spain, Armen Firman invented the parachute, followed by Abbas Ibn Firnas who built one of the earliest gliders.
		Ibn Firnas was the first man in history to make a scientific attempt at flying.
		According to Will Durant, Abbas Ibn Firnas invented a watch-like device in the 9th century which kept accurate time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Islamic_inventions (1341 words)

	Science in Al-Andalus (Spain)
		Ibn Hazm said that a doctor should be kind understanding, friendly, good, able to endure insults and adverse criticism; he must keep his hair short, and his finger nails as well; he must wear clean, white clothes and behave with dignity.
		Another example is Ibn Juljul who was born in Cordoba in 943, became a leading physician by the age of 24 (he began his studies of medicine at the age of 14) and compiled a commentary on the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides, and a special treatise on drugs found in al-Andalus.
		Ibn al-Khatib was born in 1313, near Granada, and followed the traditional educational curriculum of his time - he studied grammar, poetry, natural sciences, and Islamic law, as well, of course, as the Koran [Qur'an].
	www.islamvoice.com /islam/sience/Scentists/andalus1.html (4184 words)

	Abbas \| \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (c.566–c.653), a paternal uncle of Muhammad
		Abbas of Al Abbas ibn Abd Al Moettalib was een rijk koopman uit Mekka (566-653).
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	FLYERS: Before Leonardo Da Vinci
		Abbas Ibn Firnas lived in Spain during the same era, being brought up in the city of Cordoba.
		All accounts seem to indicate that Ibn Firna's glide was successful, but the landing was hard.
		And although Firnas did not leave any flight instructions for his predecessors in Andalusia, it is believed that his influence may have reached these other areas in Europe including where Eilmer lived.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/bodhisattva/flyers.html (533 words)

	Flight
		Ibn Firnas of Islamic Spain invented, constructed and tested a flying machine in the 800's A.D. Roger Bacon learned of flying machines from Arabic references to Ibn Firnas' machine.
		About 875, Abbas Ibn Firnas built a flying apparatus placing feathers on a wooden frame -- creating the first documented record of a very primitive glider.
		The second account adds that, after failing to land successfully, Ibn Firnas claimed that he had not noticed how birds use their tails to land and that he had forgotten the tail on his flying apparatus.
	www.islamic-study.org /flight.htm (241 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Science in al-Andalus: (Compilation) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Ibn Hazm said that a doctor should be kind, understanding, friendly, good, able to endure insults and adverse criticism; he must keep his hair short, and his fingernails as well; he must wear clean, white clothes and behave with dignity.
		Another example is Ibn Juljul, who was born in Córdoba in 943, became a leading physician by the age of 24 (he began his studies of medicine at 14) and compiled a commentary on the De Materia Medica of Dioscorides and a special treatise on drugs found in al-Andalus.
		Ibn al-Khatib was born in 1313, near Granada, and followed the traditional educational curriculum of his time—he studied grammar, poetry, natural sciences and Islamic law, as well, of course, as the Qur’an.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200407/science.in.al-andalus-.compilation..htm (4210 words)

	Salaam Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Abbas Ibn Firnas came to Cordoba to teach music but his interest drifted to mathematics and then in the mechanics of flight.
		Abbas turned his mind to the construction of a planetarium in which the planets actually revolved.
		Next Abbas turned to the mathematical problems involved in the regularity of the facets of certain crystals and evolved a formula for manufacturing artificial crystals.
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	Abu Ali al-Hussain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina - Avicenna - 980 - 1037
		Ibn Sina advised surgeons to treat cancer in its earliest stages, ensuring the removal of all the diseased tissue.
		Ibn Sina noted the close relationship between emotions and the physical condition and felt that music had a definite physical and psychological effect on patients.
		Ibn Sina noted a fluttering in the Prince's pulse when the address and name of his beloved were mentioned.
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		In 875, Ibn Firnas built his own glider, and then launched himself from a tower.
		"Ibn Firnas was the first man in history to make a scientific attempt at flying."—Philip Hitti, History of the Arabs.
		As westerners teach their children about the Wright Brothers, the Islamic countries tell theirs about Ibn Firnas, a thousand years before the Wrights.
	www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas/Abbas_Ibn_Firnas.html (730 words)

	How Islamic inventors changed the world fwd Robin Khundkar
		One of the Crusaders' most striking characteristics, to Arab nostrils, was that they did not wash. Shampoo was introduced to England by a Muslim who opened Mahomed's Indian Vapour Baths on Brighton seafront in 1759 and was appointed Shampooing Surgeon to Kings George IV and William IV.
		Ibn Hayyan emphasised systematic experimentation and was the founder of modern chemistry.
		The proof, said astronomer Ibn Hazm, "is that the Sun is always vertical to a particular spot on Earth".
	www.mukto-mona.com /Articles/robin/muslim_invention160306.htm (1939 words)

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		Among them was Ibn Shuhayd, who in a fundamental work recommended drugs be used only if the patient did not respond to diet and urged that only simple drugs be employed in all cases but the most serious.
		Ibn al-Baytar, for example, the most famous Andalusian botanist, wrote a book called Simple Drugs and Food, an alphabetically arranged compendium of medicinal plants, most of which were native to Spain and North Africa, and which he had spent a lifetime gathering.
		Ibn al-Khatib, for example, who distinguished himself in almost all branches of learning, produced more than fifty works on travel, medicine, poetry, music, politics, and theology, as well as writing the finest history of Granada that has survived.
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	MTE Studios unveils third exhibit at Ibn Battuta Mall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Nakheel’s Ibn Battuta Mall, together with MTE Studios, specialists in themed environments, have created a new exhibit to add to the extraordinarily unique exhibits featured in the mall’s six themed courts.
		Abbas Ibn Firnas was born in Cordoba, Andalusia, where he was a music teacher though he also studied chemistry, physics, and astronomy.
		The exhibits at the Ibn Battuta Mall have all been chosen for the outstanding impression they have left on history, as well as the undeniable mark they left on the travels of Ibn Battuta, the famous 14th century Arab explorer, who the mall is themed around.
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	20 Islamic Inventions - WikiIslam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Distillation, the means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points, was invented around the year 800 by Islam's foremost scientist, Jabir ibn Hayyan, who transformed alchemy into chemistry, inventing many of the basic processes and apparatus still in use today - liquefaction, crystallisation, distillation, purification, oxidisation, evaporation and filtration.
		Ali ibn Nafi, known by his nickname of Ziryab (Blackbird) came from Iraq to Cordoba in the 9th century and brought with him the concept of the three-course meal - soup, followed by fish or meat, then fruit and nuts.
		Carpets were regarded as part of Paradise by medieval Muslims, thanks to their advanced weaving techniques, new tinctures from Islamic chemistry and highly developed sense of pattern and arabesque which were the basis of Islam's non-representational art.
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	Islamic History - Science and Scholarship in Al-Andalus
		One of the earliest of the scholars drawn to al-Andalus was 'Abbas ibn Firnas, who came to Cordoba to teach music (then a branch of mathematical theory) and to acquaint the court of 'Abd al-Rahman with the recent developments in this field in Baghdad.
		Ibn Zuhr, known as Avenzoar, was the first to describe pericardial abscesses and to recommend tracheotomy when necessary as well as being a skilled practical physician, and Ibn Rushd wrote an important book on medical theories and precepts.
		The most original mind of the period, however, was undoubtedly Ibn Khaldun, the first historian to develop and explicate general laws governing the rise and decline of civilizations.
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	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Qatar, the administrators of Doha International Airport have named their new Airport Management System "FIRNAS." A statue has been built on the way to the Baghdad International Airport to honor Ibn Firnas, he is honored on a Libyan postal stamp, and a crater on the moon was even named after him.
		Abbas Ibn Firnas is also noteworthy for being one of the earliest scholars to come to Andalusia.
		Unlike most other inventors, however, Ibn Firnas had the courage to make his dream a reality and created a flying apparatus much like a glider that was formed out of feathers on a wooden frame.
	www.islamonline.net /english/Science/2001/02/article1.shtml (956 words)

	Islam Online- Health & Science Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Born in Korah Takrna near Ronda, Ibn Firnas studied chemistry, physics, and astronomy.
		Ibn Firnas' basic failure to sustain flight was because he neglected to include a tail.
		If Firnas failed because he hadn't given himself a tail to land on, and Egil crashed because he didn't launch his glider into the wind, Eilmer failed because his glider didn't have a tail to provide lateral stability.
	www.islamonline.net /english/science/2003/05/article04.shtml (1107 words)

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		History tells us that, like Icarus and his legendary wings of wax, Firnas was one of the first to firmly believe that man could fly.
		The wings are made of light-wood and a harness is attached under the centre of the structure where the pilot is suspended.
		Later in life Firnas found a growing passion for mathematics and the mechanics of flight.
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	Historical figure of the week - Page 4 - aliraqi Community
		or 'Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas (810–887 A.D.) (Arabic: العباس بن فرناس) was a Andalusian-Arab humanitarian, technologist, and chemist who lived in the Andalusian Caliphate of Cَrdoba.
		It is said that once on the bad day Al-No'man Ibn al-Munthir was on a desert trip and he got lost in desert.
		He was rescued by a Bedouin not knowing that he was the king, who took him to his tent and gave him food and water.
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