al-Jazari
1164–1206
mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
astronomer · writer · engineer
Born in Upper Mesopotamia
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as al-Jazari:
- Genghis Khan (1162–1227)
- Saladin (1138–1193)
- Francis of Assisi (1182–1226)
- Averroes (1126–1198)
- Zhu Xi (1130–1200)
- Fibonacci (1170–1240)
- Richard I of England (1157–1199)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)