Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887 A.D.), also known as Abbas Abu al-Qasim ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (Arabic: عباس بن فرناس), was an Andalusian polymath:[1][2] an inventor, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusian musician, and Arabic-language poet.[2] Often said to be of Berber descent,[3][4] he was born in Izn-Rand Onda, Al-Andalus (today’s Ronda, Spain), lived in the […]
