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Abū Sahl al-Qūhī

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Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī (al-Qūhī; Persian: ابوسهل بیژن کوهی Abusahl Bijan-e Koohi) was a Persian mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was from Kuh (or Quh), an area in Tabaristan, Amol, and flourished in Baghdad in the 10th century. He is considered one of the greatest geometers, with many mathematical and astronomical writings ascribed to him. Al-Qūhī was the leader of the astronomers working in 988 at the observatory built by the Buwayhid amir Sharaf al-Dawla in Badhdad. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abū Sahl al-Qūhī is the 245th most popular mathematician (up from 274th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Iran (up from 199th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī ranks 245 out of 1,004. Before her are Giovanni Ceva, Marcel Grossmann, Ahmes, Ibn al-Shatir, Xu Guangqi, and Ernst Zermelo. After her are Vergilius of Salzburg, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Henri Cartan, John Charles Fields, Anatoly Fomenko, and Gösta Mittag-Leffler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī ranks 10. Before her are Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Mieszko I of Poland, Eadwig, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Ibn Sahl. After her are Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Doubravka of Bohemia, Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Willigis, and Bardas Phokas the Younger. Among people deceased in 1000, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī ranks 7. Before her are Olaf Tryggvason, Al-Maqdisi, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Ibn Sahl, and Zoe Karbonopsina. After her are Matsyendranatha, Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Harthacnut I of Denmark, García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Henry of Speyer, and Joseph Genesius.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī ranks 165 out of 631. Before her are Vologases III of Parthia (100), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Datis (-600), Al-Juwayni (1028), Karim Khan Zand (1705), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960). After her are Tiridates I of Armenia (null), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Hossein Salami (1960), Al-Khazini (1077), and Abbas Mirza (1789).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī ranks 5. Before her are Omar Khayyam (1048), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960). After her are Al-Khazini (1077), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Al-Karaji (953), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Al-Mahani (820), Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265), and Al-Nayrizi (865).

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