What is Ismail al-Jazari?
'''Ismail Al-Jazari''' was a polymath. He was born in 1136 in Cizre (current [[Turkey]]) during the [[Islamic Golden Age]]. He was simultaneously a scholar, an inventor, a mechanical engineer, an artisan, an artist, and a mathematician. Just like his father before him, he served as the chief engineer at the [[Artuklu Palace]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2020/07-08/ismail-al-jazari-muslim-inventor-called-father-robotics/|title=Medieval robots? They were just one of this Muslim inventor's creations|date=2020-07-30|website=History Magazine|language=en|access-date=2020-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Jazari|title=Al-Jazarī {{!}} Arab inventor|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-08-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/medieval-robots-turkey-how-science-genius-al-jazari-brought-mechanical-marvels-istanbul|title=Medieval robots: How al-Jazari's mechanical marvels have been resurrected in Istanbul|website=Middle East Eye|language=en|access-date=2020-08-07}}</ref> He died in 1206. == References == {{Reflist}}{{Biography-stub}} [[Category:1206 deaths]] [[Category:Arab people]] [[Category:Artisans]] [[Category:Artists]] [[Category:Astronomers]] [[Category:Turkish writers]] [[Category:Turkish engineers]] [[Category:Inventors]] [[Category:History of Iraq]] [[Category:Islamic religious leaders]] [[Category:Mathematicians]] [[Category:12th-century works]] [[Category:1136 births]]