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Abbas ibn Firnas

Associated with experimentation, astronomy, materials, and flight traditions.

c. 194-274 AH / c. 810-887 CEAl-AndalusInventor, poet, and polymath

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Abbas ibn Firnas Inventor, poet, and polymath

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Abbas ibn Firnas is presented as inventor, poet, and polymath associated with Al-Andalus. The working chronology for this record is c. 194-274 AH / c. 810-887 CE. Associated with experimentation, astronomy, materials, and flight traditions.

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c. 194-274 AH / c. 810-887 CE

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