Persian astronomers

'Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi ( December 7, 903 – May 25, 986) was a Persian astronomer also known as 'Abd ar-Rahman as-Sufi, or 'Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Husain, and known in the west as Azophi. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi"

Abu Sa'id al-Darir al-Jurajani, also spelled Gorgani, was a ninth century Persian mathematician and astronomer from Gorgan, Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abu Sa'id Gorgani"

Abul Wafa Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn Ismail Buzjani ( 940 – 997 or 998) was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Buzhgan, Nishapur in Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abul Wáfa"

Ahmed ibn Musa ibn Shakir Banu Musa, also Bani Musa, ( 805 - 873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician from Baghdad, the middle of the Banu Musa brothers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmad Banu Musa"

Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahavandi was a Persian astronomer of the 7th and 8th centuries. His name indicates that he was from Nahavand, a city in Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ahmad Nahavandi"

Abu 'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani ( Arabic: أبو العبّاس أحمد بن محمد بن كثير الفرغاني , and known as Alfraganus in the West) was one of the famous astronomers working for the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Farghani"

Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr Al-Khujandi was a Persian astronomer who lived in the late 10th century and helped build an observatory near in what is now Ray, Iran near Tehran. He was born in Khudzhand ( now Tajikistan ) about 940 and died in 1000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Al-Khujandi"

Anvari (c. 1126–c. 1189) was one of the greatest Persian poets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anvari"

ابوريحان بيرونى Abu Raihan Biruni (also, Abu Rihan Muhammad bin Ahmad, Al-Biruni, Alberuni Persian: ابوریحان بیرونی ; Arabic: أبو الريحان البيروني ) ( September 15 973– December 13 1048) was a Turkish mathematician, physicist, scholar, encyclopedist, philosopher, astronomer, traveller, historian, pharmacist, and teacher, who contributed greatly to the fields of astrology, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, and science. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biruni"

Ghiyaseddin Jamsheed Kashani ( 1380 – 22 June 1429) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician. His name also appears as Al-Kashi. He was born in Kashan, Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ghiyath al-Kashi"

al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn Shakir Banu Musa, also Bani Musa, ( 810– 873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician and astronomer who lived in Baghdad. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hasan Banu Musa"

Abu Ishaq Ibrahlm ibn Habib ibn Sulaiman ibn Samura ibn Jundab al-Fazari ( Persian: أبو يشاق يبرهيم إبن حبيب إبنسليمان إبن سمورا إبن جندب الفزارى) was an 8th century Persian from Kunduz now part of Afghanistan he was mathematician and astronomer at the Abbasid court of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid. He is not to be confused with his son Mohammad al-Fazari, also an Astronomer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ibrahim al-Fazari"

Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi ( 787 - 886), known as Albumasar, was a Persian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician from Balkh, in today's Afghanistan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi"

Abu Sahl Wijan (or Waijan) ibn Rustam al-Kuhi (also al-Quhi), was a Persian mathematician and astronomer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kuhi"

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(Mashallah) Masha'allah ibn Atharī (c. 740-d. 815 AD) was an eight century Jewish astrologer and astronomer from the city of Basra (now located in modern day Iraq) who became the leading astrologer of the late 8th century. His name is usually Latinized as Messala or Messahalla. The Messala crater, on the Moon, is named after him. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mashallah"

Mu’ayyad al-Din al-’Urdi was one of the astronomers of the Maragha observatory in Persia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mo'ayyeduddin Urdi"

Abu abdallah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari was a Persian philosopher and mathematician. He is not to be confused with his father Ibrahim al-Fazari, also an Astronomer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mohammad al-Fazari"

Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir Banu Musa, also Bani Musa, ( 800 - 873), was a 9th century Persian mathematician and astronomer from Baghdad, the eldest of the Banu Musa brothers. ...more on Wikipedia about "Muhammad Banu Musa"

Nasir Tusi Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ( 1201– 1274, near Baghdad) was a Persian scientist, of Shi'a Islamic belief, born in Tus, Khorasan (then Persia, present time Iran). He is known as a philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, theologian, physician, and a prolific writer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nasir al-Din Tusi"

Nobakht Ahvazi (also spelled Naubakht in many a literature) and his sons were astronomers from Ahvaz in Persia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Naubakht"

Omar Khayyám Farsi:عمر خیام, ...more on Wikipedia about "Omar Khayyám"

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Shams al-din Muhammad ibn Ashraf al-Husayni al-Samarqandi (1250-1310) was a 13th century astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shams al-Din ibn Ashraf Al-Samarqandi"

Yaqub Ibn Tāriq was an 8th century Persian mathematician and astronomer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Yaqub ibn Tariq"

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