Sibt al-Maridini

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[citation needed] astronomer and mathematician.

His maternal grandfather, Abdullah al-Maridini, was a reputed astronomer of the eighth century AH.

[citation needed] He was a disciple of the astronomer Ibn al-Majdi (d. 850/1506), according to tradition.

(Young (2007)) Sibt al-Maridini taught mathematics and astronomy in the Great Mosque of al-Azhar, Cairo.

[citation needed] Al-Sakhawy counted two hundred books that were written by Sibt al-Maridini, on Islamic law, astronomy, and mathematics.