Person

Ǧabartī, Ḥasan Ibn-Ibrāhīm al-

1698–1774

18th-century Somali mathematician, theologian, astronomer and philosopher who lived in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Jabarti was the father of the historian Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, and originated from the Somali city of Zeila. Hassan is considered one of the great scholars of the 18th century. He frequently conducted experiments in his own house, which was visited and observed by Western students