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1136–1206 · mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)
Also known as: al-Dschazarī, Badi' Al-Zaman Abul-'Izz Ibn Ismail Ibn al-Rāzzaz al-Jazarī, Badī' az-Zamān Abū l-'Izz ibn Ismā'īl ibn ar-Razzāz al-Dschazarī, Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, Ismail al-Jazari, Исмаиль аль-Джазари
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