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He was probably the first to write a book on the history of science in any language. Said said that India was the first country to cultivate science.-Deepak Kumar

full name: Abul-Qasim Said ibn Ahmed ibn abd'ur-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Said al-Andalusi -MS Kahn

Tribe: Banu Taghlib or Banu Tha'laba -M.S. Kahn

Relations: Abu'l Mutarrif 'Abd'ur-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Said ibn Wathiq : Grandfather, he was also a qadi (judge), but in Sidonia

Ahmad ibn 'Abd'ur-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Said : father, whom held a post (?) in Cordoba (Qurtuba)

Qurtuba is in Kuwait

About 18 when he "seems to have completed" his education, (1046) - all from MS Kahn

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Additions to Original Article of Ṣāʿid al‐Andalusī
Abū al-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Abū al-Walīd Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣāʿid ibn ʿUthmān al-Taghlibi al-Qūrtūbi, often referred to as Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (1029–1070) was an Andalusi Muslim Qadi. He was born in Almería, Spain during the dynasty of Banū Taghlīb or Banū Thaʿlaba, and died in Toledo, Spain. Said Al-Andalusi was a historian, philosopher of science and thought, and mathematical scientist with a special interest in astronomy. As an acclaimed Qadi in the functionary court at Toledo, he assembled a well-educated group of young, precision instrument makers, astronomers and scientists, the most renowned of whom was Al-Zarqali. He was the author of the treatise Rectification of Planetary Motions and Exposition of Observers' Errors and contributed to the Tables of Toledo.

The only work of Ṣāʿid to survive intact is what has often been called his "history of science": Ṭabaqāt al-ʼUmam (Categories of Nations) of 1068. The "nations" being those who cultivated learning, such as Indians, Persians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Greeks, Byzantines, Arabs and Jews (in contrast to others not disposed, such as Norsemen, Chinese, Africans, Russians, Alains and Turks. In the Ṭabaqāt, there are three of Ṣāʿid al‐Andalusī's works mentioned. The Jawāmiʿ akhbār al‐umam min al‐'Arab wa‐l Ajam (Compendious History of Nations – Arab and Non‐Arab), the Maqālāt ahl al‐milal wa-l-nihal (Doctrines of the Adherents of Sects and Schools), and the Iṣlāh Ḥarakāt an-Najūn (Corrections of the Movement of Stars). While these three works have not physically survived the ages, what we know of them shows that Ṣāʿid al‐Andalusī specialized in history and astronomy.

'''Ṣāʿid Al‐Andalusī is suspected as being the first person in history to have written about the history of science. His only surviving book, Al‐tarif bi-tabaqat al-umam (Exposition of the Generations of Nations), is the only known documentation of the history of science as of 1068.'''

Ṭabaqāt al-ʼUmam (Categories of Nations)
The bulk of the Tabaqāt is concerning the scientists and accomplishments of the eight nations that Ṣāʿid deemed as having contributed to science. He discusses each of them individually, noting the individual achievements of the nations in fields such as arithmetic, astronomy, and medicine, among many others. Additionally, he discusses the people of the nations that brought about this scientific advancement, most notably the Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras, Socrates and Plato. Ṣāʿid singles out Aristotle in this section of his book, stating "No one can object if Allah/Assembled the world in one individual". Later, Ṣāʿid mentions the Romans and the Christian scholars in Baghdad in the ninth and tenth centuries. The second half of the book is devoted to the discussion of Arab contributions to science in fields such as logic, philosophy, geometry, as well as the accomplishments of Arab scientists using Ptolemy's work to further their collective knowledge of space. These scientists determined the length of the year, the eccentricity of the suns orbit, and constructed astronomical tables among other things.

Throughout time, the Ṭabaqāt al-ʼUmam has been transcribed and translated into many different languages by different cultures. The original document does not exist today which has created problems for historians because of the discrepancies between the different translations. This includes the real title of the book, as it has been referred to by many names. The content of the book also shows discrepancies throughout the different documents with some even leaving out entire sections of the book, let alone leaving out words, sentences, or paragraphs. Some of the remarks made in his book could have caused different "nations" to omit points that were made in this book because they didn't align with the translators knowledge or beliefs. Parts could have been left out due to errors made by the translator, or because there was not a direct translation of the words or phrases between the languages which is a linguistic phenomenon seen even today.

Life in Toledo
Upon arriving in Toledo to conduct his studies, he met some of his teachers: Abū Muḥammad al-Qāsim Abū al-Fatiḥ Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, Hishām al-Kinānī (Abū Walīd or al-Waqshi), and Abū Isḥaq Ibrahim ibn Idris al-Tajibī. Although not well documented, he "seems to have completed" his education in 1046, at the age of eighteen, in Toledo. Due to the scholars located at Toledo and his upbringing, he studied law, Islamic religion, Arabic language, and Arabic literature. Abū Isḥaq Ibrahim ibn Idris al-Tajibī was his teach whom brought hi attention toward mathematics and astronomy, which he would excel in, in his later years. After he completed his education, he chose to stay in Toledo to conduct his research and act as a Qāḍi for the governor of Toledo at the time, Yaḥyā al-Qādir. While serving as a Qāḍi and conducting his own research, he soon began teaching as well. While the Ṭabaqāt al-ʼUmam is his only surviving text, it is know that he wrote other pieces such as the (still cant find evidence of other texts in literature EXCEPT ) and because of his short life, the majority of his works would have been written while teaching, acting as Qāḍi, and conducting research. As a teacher, he aided his student in their inventions and their research and because of this, he was able to contribute to the Tables of Toledo. one of his students, Al-Zarqali, was extremely successful in the field of astronomy, especially of instrument making. Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī did not write his Ṭabaqāt al-ʼUmam until 1068, two years before his death.