Ahmad Nahavandi
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi' | |
|---|---|
احمد نهاوندى | |
| Born | fl. 8/9th century |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interests | Astronomy |
Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi(Persian:احمد نهاوندى), also calledal-Nahawandi,was an 8th/9th centuryPersianastronomer.His name indicates that he was fromNahavand,now in modern Iran.
Life[edit]
Al-Nahawandi lived and worked at theAcademy of Gundishapur,inKhuzestan,Iran, at the time ofYahya ibn Khalid ibn Barmak,the provincial governor and all-powerful long-timevizierto CaliphHarun al-Rashid.Al-Nahawandi is reported to have been making astronomical observations at the academy in around 800.[1]He and the astronomer andmathematicianMashallah ibn Athariwere among the earliestIslamic era astronomerswho flourished during the reign ofal-Mansur,the secondAbbasidcaliph.[citation needed]
Works[edit]
Al-Nahawandi compiledzijes(astronomical tables) under the titleMushtamil.[2]
References[edit]
- ^Frye 2000,p. 163.
- ^Suter 1900,p. 10.
Sources[edit]
- Frye, Richard Nelson(2000).The Golden Age of Persia.London: Phoenix Press.ISBN978-1-84212-011-8.
- Suter, Heinrich(1900).Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber und ihre Werke(in German). Leipzig: Teubner. p. 10.OCLC230703086.
Further reading[edit]
- 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).ISBN92-9063-127-9.
