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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
903 CE – 986 CE · aged 83
Persian astronomer (903-986)
- Born
- 903 CE · Ray
- Died
- 986 CE · Shiraz
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- 903 CEBornBorn in Ray
- 986 CEDiedDied in Shiraz
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Biography
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (full name: Abū’l-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmar ibn Sahl al-Ṣūfī al-Rāzī —Arabic: أَبُو الحُسَين عَبدُ اَلرَّحمَن بن عُمَر بن سَهل اَلصُّوفِي اَلرَّازِي; Persian: ابوالحسن عبدالرحمن صوفی رازی — 7 December 903 – 25 May 986) was a Persian astronomer.
His work, Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib ("The Book of Fixed Stars"), completed in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations. The Persian polymath Al-Biruni noted that al-Ṣūfī's work on the ecliptic was conducted in Shiraz. Al-Ṣūfī lived at the Buyid court in Isfahan.
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