Ismail al-Jazari
Ismail Al-Jazari was a polymath. He was born in 1136 in Cizre (current Turkey) during the Islamic Golden Age. He was simultaneously a scholar, an inventor, a mechanical engineer, an artisan, an artist, and a mathematician. Just like his father before him, he served as the chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace. [1][2][3] He died in 1206.
Ismail Al-Jazari Media
The elephant clock was one of the most famous inventions of al-Jazari.
Diagram of a hydropowered perpetual flute from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by Al-Jazari in 1206.
Al-Jazari's hydropowered saqiya chain pump device.
Al-Jazari's Peacock Fountain
Al-Jazari's musical robot band.
The water-clock of the drummers
One of al-Jazari's candle clocks.
Automatic castle clock of al-Jazari, 14th century copy.
Court scene. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).
Mechanical Turkic servant. Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472).
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References
- ↑ Medieval robots? They were just one of this Muslim inventor's creations (in en). History Magazine (2020-07-30). Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ Al-Jazarī | Arab inventor (in en). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-08-07.
- ↑ Medieval robots: How al-Jazari's mechanical marvels have been resurrected in Istanbul (in en). Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2020-08-07.