# al-Khwarizmi

- id: al-khwarizmi
- name in original script: محمد بن موسى الخوارزمي
- dates: c. 780–850
- roles: author

Mathematician and astronomer in al-Ma'mun's Baghdad. Two common nouns descend from his output: algebra, from the title of his book on equations, and algorithm, from the Latin rendering of his name.

## Works in the atlas

- Algebra (al-jabr)

## Crossings

- c. 820: Brahmasphutasiddhanta into Arabic (author) [attested]

## Sources

- Toomer, G. J. (1973). al-Khwarizmi.