Badi Al-Zaman Abullezz Ibn Alrazz Al-Jazari / Ibn Ismail Al Jazari / Al Jazari
Abu al-'Iz Ibn Isma'il ibn al-Razaz al-Jazari (kr 1136-1206) was a scientist from Al-Jazira,
Mesopotamia,
who lived in medieval times He was the author of Kitáb fí ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Knowledge Book of Mechanical Science) 1206, where he describes fifty mechanical equipment following instructions on how to assemble it.
Researching:
Robotics,
Mechanics,
Fluid
Muslim scientists invented the concept of modern robotics.
Al Jazari developed a hydraulic principle to drive the machine that later became known as a robot engine.
Little is known about Al-Jazari, and much of it comes from the introduction of the book "Knowledge of Mechanical Science".
The name Al-Jazari comes from its birthplace, Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia - the traditional Arabic name for the region in northern Mesopotamia and now known as the southeastern region of Turkey, between the Tigris and Euphrates.
Like his father, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace,
the residence of the Maguen Artuqid dynasty that ruled the eastern region of Anatolia as a region of followers of the Zangid dynasty and subsequently the Ayyubid dynasty.
Al-Jazari is part of a craftsman's tradition and thus more likely to be an engineer rather than an inventor who seems "more interested in the process of crafting necessary to build a device than the technology behind it" and that his machines are usually "assembled on trial and error rather than calculations theoretical.
" His book "Knowledge of Mechanical Science" seems to be very popular as has been seen in a large number of manuscript copies, and as repeatedly described by him, he only describes the equipment he built himself.
According to Mayr, the style of language in the book is like a do-it-yourself modern book.
Some of its equipment was inspired by previous equipment, such as one of its monumental water clocks, based on Pseudo-Archimedes.
He also quotes the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountain, al-Asturlabi for the design of the candlesticks, and Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn (d.1139) for musical automata.
Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessor, and describes the tools, techniques, and components that were his original invention that did not appear in the work of his predecessor.
"It is impossible to ignore Al-Jazari's important work. In his book, he was so detailed describing instructions for designing, assembling, and making a machine "
The above sentence is a commentary by Donald Hill, a British engineer interested in the history of technology, on the book of renowned Muslim engineer Al-Jazar. Al Jazari is a great figure in the field of mechanics and industry. Born in Al Jazira, which lies between the northern side of Iraq and northeastern Syria, precisely between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Al-Jazari was a remarkable technician of his time.