| Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Nahawandi' | |
|---|---|
| احمد نهاوندى | |
| Born | fl. 8/9th century Nahavand |
| Academic work | |
| 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. 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.
Works
Al-Nahawandi compiled zijes (astronomical tables) under the title Mushtamil.
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.