Abbas Ibn Firnas

• Main Authors: M. M., Yusoff, Saifful Kamaluddin, Muzakir, Nurul Nadia, Abd Razak, Muhammad Najib, Muhammad Nor
• Format: Bulletin
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit UMP 2011
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15021/7/Eureka%202011%20%28Apr-Jun%29%20%20Vol%204%20Issue%202%20Part%205.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/15021/; http://fist.ump.edu.my/index.php/en/book-newsletter/eureka/79-volume-4-issue-2
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

Abbas Ibn Firnas (81 0-887 A.D.), also known as Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas, was a Muslim Andalusian polymath: an inventor, engineer, aviator, physician, Arabic poet, and Andalusian musician. Of Berber descent, he was born in lzn-Rand Onda, AI-Andalus (today's Ronda, Spain), and lived in the Emirate...