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Ibrahim
In Islam, and the Qur'an, Ibrahim is the counterpart to Abraham. He is a prophet who along with his son Isma'il (Ishmael) restored the the original monotheistic worship at Kaba and Mecca.
An equally early one is at Oxford, made in 984 by Ahmad and Malmud, sons of Ibrahim, of Ispahan. The development of the astrolabe began, it is believed, in the 1st century BC - there are claims for it as the oldest scientific instrument.
* * * When he hung over the death-bed of his infant son Ibrahim, resignation to the will of God was exhibited in his conduct under this keenest of afflictions; and the hope of soon rejoining his child in Paradise was his consolation.
 See also: World, Abraham, North, Death, Islam
  
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