Yusuf al-Mutamin
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Yusuf ibn Ahmad al-Mu'taman ibn Hud was an Arab
mathematician
and a member of the Banu Hud
family, al-Mutamin ruled Zaragoza
from 1082 to 1085. He was the son of the previous ruler, Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Muqtadir
. He also wrote Kitab al-Istikmal (Arabic,كتاب الإستكمال, Book of Perfection) in mathematics
.
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and a member of the Banu Hud
Banu Hud
The Banu Hud were an Arab dynasty that ruled the taifa of Zaragoza from 1039-1110. In 1039, under the leadership of Al-Mustain I, Sulayman ibn Hud al-Judhami, the Bani Hud seized control of Zaragoza from a rival clan, the Banu Tujibi...
family, al-Mutamin ruled Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
from 1082 to 1085. He was the son of the previous ruler, Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Muqtadir
Ahmad al-Muqtadir
Ahmad ibn Sulayman al-Muqtadir was a member of the Banu Hud family who ruled the Islamic taifa of Zaragoza, in what is now Spain, from 1049 to 1082. He was the son of the previous ruler, Al-Mustain I, Sulayman ibn Hud al-Judhami.-References:*...
. He also wrote Kitab al-Istikmal (Arabic,كتاب الإستكمال, Book of Perfection) in mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
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