Daily conversations   Food & Restaurant   Travel & Car   Family   Home   Occupations   Kitchen   Week days & Seasons   School   Numbers   Colours   Parts of human body   Things   Persian language   Persian alphabet   Persian grammar   Persian Music   Persian foods   Persian poems   Iranian scientists   English words of Persian origin   Free Downloads   Support   Feedback   Upload your video   Search	Category  »  Iranian scientists                                  Balkhi, Ibn Sahl, geographer and mathematician Abu Zaid Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi was a Persian mathematician who lived in the 10th century. Born in Shamistiyan, in the Persian province of Balkh (now in Afghanistan), he was a member of the Imamiya sect and a disciple of al-Kindi. Of the many books ascribed to him in the al-Fihrist by Ibn al-Nadim, one can note the excellency of mathematics; on certitude in astrology. His "Figures of the Climates" (Suwar al-aqalim) consisted chiefly of geographical maps. Source: wikipedia.org Previous Next Related links: Gorgani, Rustam, physician Hajji Zayn al-Attar, physician Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi, physician Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan, physician Hallaj, Mystic-philosopher Add this page to Your Favorites   Previous Next
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