Abū al‐Ṣalt

Abū al‐Ṣalt, Umayya ibn ʿAbd al‐ʿAzīz ibn Abī al‐Ṣalt al‐Dānī al‐Andalusī (c. 1068 – 23 October 1134) is an Andalusian polymath whose works on astronomical instruments are read both in the Islamic world and Europe.

He also works as a physician, a teacher of alchemy, and writes treatises on medicine, philosophy, music, and history.

He becomes well known in Europe through translations of his works made in the Iberian Peninsula and in southern France.

He is also credited with introducing Andalusian music to Tunis, which later leads to the development of the Tunisian ma'luf.

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