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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.

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