Ahmad Nahavandi
8/9th century Persian astronomer
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi'
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احمد نهاوندى
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fl. 8/9th century
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Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Main interests | Astronomy |
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi ( Persian : احمد نهاوندى ), also called al-Nahawandi , was an 8th/9th century Persian astronomer . His name indicates that he was from Nahavand , now in modern Iran.
Life
Al-Nahawandi lived and worked at the Academy of Gundishapur , in Khuzestan , Iran, at the time of Yahya ibn Khalid ibn Barmak , the provincial governor and all-powerful long-time vizier to Caliph Harun al-Rashid . Al-Nahawandi is reported to have been making astronomical observations at the academy 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. [ citation needed ]
Works
Al-Nahawandi compiled zijes (astronomical tables) under the title Mushtamil . [2]
References
- ↑ Frye 2000 , p. 163.
- ↑ Suter 1900 , p. 10.
Sources
- Frye, Richard Nelson (2000). The Golden Age of Persia . London: Phoenix Press. ISBN 978-1-84212-011-8 .
- 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). "Manuscripts of the Bagdad Astronomers, 760-1000 AD" . The Observatory . 59 : 215–226. Bibcode : 1936Obs....59..215J . (p.221)
- Rosenfeld, B. A.; Ekmeleddin, Ihsanoğlu (2003). Mathematicians, Astronomers, and Other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Works (7th–19th c.) . Series of Studies and Sources on (the) History of Science. Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA). ISBN 92-9063-127-9 .