Al-Dinawari

Ābu Ḥanīfah Āḥmad ibn Dawūd Dīnawarī
Title	Al-Dinawari
Born	212-213 A.H /815 CE
Died	282-283 A.H/ 896 (aged 80–81)
Era	Islamic golden age
Occupation	Muslim scholar
Religion	Islam
Main interest(s)	botanist, historian, geographer, metallurgy, astronomer and mathematician

Ābu Ḥanīfah Āḥmad ibn Dawūd Dīnawarī (815–896 CE, Arabic: أبو حنيفة الدينوري‎‎) was an Islamic Golden Age polymath, astronomer, agriculturist, botanist, metallurgist, geographer, mathematician, and historian. He was born in the region of Dinawar, halfway between Hamadan and Kermanshah in modern-day western Iran. He studied astronomy, mathematics and mechanics in Isfahan and philology and poetry in Kufa and Basra. He died in Dinawar. His most renowned contribution is Book of Plants, for which he is considered the founder of Arabic botany. There is no consensus regarding his ethnic background among scholars. Ludwig Adamec considers him to be of Kurdish descent, while Encyclopedia of Islam classifies him as an Arab philologist and scientist, however, Encyclopaedia Iranica lists him as Persian.Encyclopædia Britannica Online classifies him to be of Persian or Kurdish origin.