The Work of Ibn Firnas

Abstract

The figure of Ibn-Firnás (810-886) is one of the representatives of the area of philosophy, science and research of the Independent Emirate of Córdoba, which is the initial phase of the Muslim administration of the territory of the Iberian Peninsula between 756 and 929, giving way to the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba, from 929 to 1031 and the Taifa Kingdoms between 1031 and 1492, stages in which the Muslim domination of the Peninsula would be organized.

Ibn-Firnás was a member of a family of Berber origin that came in the first phase of the conquest intervention led by Tarik and his family settled in the mountains of the current province of Málaga, moving to Córdoba in their youth for their training and development personal, being an intellectual protected by three emirs. As would be reflected in the intellectual archetypes of the Renaissance (15^th century), 7 centuries later, that is why knowing his figure can suppose not only an appreciation of the character itself, but also an argument in favour of diversity and the development of knowledge that al-Ándalus supposed in the framework of the European Middle Ages.

On the other hand, the development of knowledge in areas so differentiated as optics, aeronautics, poetry or music, make his figure a cultural reference to value, disseminate and communicate that allows offering new perspectives and historical context.