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Ibn Al Ameed

Abul Fadhil Ibn Al Ameed, a Muslim Arab scholar who served in the Second Abbasi Era as a minister to two successive Buwaihi Caliphs in the 10th century AD in Baghdad. His death is inferred to have occurred before 376 Hijria [ 996 AD]. Amongst his outstanding contributions to science is his book entitled "Building Cities" in which he describes building methods and construction planning. The book exisits as an original manuscript in one of the Arabic and Islamic libraries in Istanbul, Turkey.