Al-Khwarizmi

The Baghdad scholar whose algebra manual and digit system carried Indian arithmetic and equation-solving to the world.

Specifications & Metrics

era

c. 780 – 850

Core Principles & Analysis

• Al-jabr gave algebra its name; the Latin form of his name gave 'algorithm'.
• He worked at the House of Wisdom under caliph al-Ma'mun.
• His arithmetic book introduced the Hindu numerals 1–9 and 0 to the Latin West.