Hassan al-Jabarti

Muslim scholar Hassan al-Jabarti
Title	al-Jabarti
Died	1774
Ethnicity	Somali
Era	20th century
Region	Horn of Africa/North Africa
Religion	Islam
Main interest(s)	Islamic philosophy, Islamic Jurisprudence, mathematics, astronomy

Hassan al-Jabarti (Arabic: حسن الجبرتي‎) (d. 1774) was a Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher who lived in Cairo, Egypt during the 18th century.

Biography

Al-Jabarti was the father of the historian Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, and originated from the Somali city of Zeila.^[1] Hassan is considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century.^[2] He frequently conducted experiments in his own house, which was visited and observed by Frankish students.

References

1. A history of Arabic literature by Clément Huart pg 423
2. The Cambridge history of Egypt