Ahmad Nahavandi
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi (Persian: احمد نهاوندى), also called Al-Nahawandi, was a Persian astronomer of the 8th and 9th centuries. His name indicates that he was from Nahavand, now in modern Iran.
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi' | |
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احمد نهاوندى | |
| Born | fl. 8/9th century |
| Academic background | |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Astronomy |
Al-Nahawandi lived and worked at the Academy of Gundishapur, in Khuzestan, Iran, at the time of Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Barmak, who died in 803, where he is reported to have been making astronomical observations in around 800.[1] He and the astronomer and mathematician Mashallah ibn Athari were among the earliest Islamic era astronomers who flourished during the reign of al-Mansur, the second Abbasid caliph.
Al-Nahawandi compiled astronomical tables under the title Mushtamil.
References
- Frye 2000, p. 163.
Sources
- Frye, Richard Nelson (2000). The Golden Age of Persia. London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 1842120115.
- Suter, Heinrich (1900). Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber und ihre Werke (in German). Leipzig: Teubner. p. 10. OCLC 230703086.
Further reading
- Johnson, M.C. (1936). "Manuscriptsof the Bagdad Astronomers, 760-1000 AD". The Observatory. 59: 215–226. (p.221)
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