Sibt al-Maridini, full name Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū ʿAbd Allāh Badr [Shams] al‐Dīnal‐Miṣrī al‐Dimashqī (1423 – 1506 AD), was an Egyptian-born astronomer and mathematician. (Young (2007)) His father came from Damascus. The word "Sibt al-Maridini" means "the son of Al-Mardini's daughter". His maternal grandfather, Abdullah al-Maridini, was a reputed astronomer of the eighth century AH. He was a disciple of the astronomer Ibn al-Majdi (d. 850/1506), according to tradition. (Young (2007))
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1423
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1506 (aged 82)
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