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Jamshīd al-Kāshī

1380 - 1429

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Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Masʿūd al-Kāshī (or al-Kāshānī) (Persian: غیاث‌الدین جمشید کاشانی Ghiyās-ud-dīn Jamshīd Kāshānī) (c. 1380 Kashan, Iran – 22 June 1429 Samarkand, Transoxiana) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician during the reign of Tamerlane. Much of al-Kāshī's work was not brought to Europe and still, even the extant work, remains unpublished in any form. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jamshīd al-Kāshī is the 62nd most popular astronomer (down from 36th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Iran (down from 79th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Astronomer.

Jamshīd al-kāshī is most famous for his book on the Persian language, Kitāb al-Adab. He also wrote a book on chess, Kitāb al-Shatranj.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Jamshīd al-Kāshī ranks 62 out of 644. Before him are Karl Ludwig Hencke, Jan Oort, Abu Maʿshar, James Bradley, Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī, and Walter Baade. After him are Antonie Pannekoek, John Flamsteed, Fred Hoyle, Gerard Kuiper, Johann Franz Encke, and Max Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Jamshīd al-Kāshī ranks 6. Before him are Thomas à Kempis, Pachacuti, Bernardino of Siena, Ferdinand I of Aragon, and Poggio Bracciolini. After him are Prokop the Great, Lidwina, İsa Çelebi, Itzcoatl, Anna of Cilli, and Yawar Waqaq. Among people deceased in 1429, Jamshīd al-Kāshī ranks 2. Before him is Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici. After him are Cymburgis of Masovia, Jean Gerson, Heinrich von Plauen, Alexios IV of Trebizond, Margaret of Prades, and Carlo I Tocco.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Jamshīd al-Kāshī ranks 80 out of 631. Before him are Osroes I (50), Babak Khorramdin (798), The Iron Sheik (1942), Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934), Sogdianus of Persia (-500), and Bayazid Bastami (804). After him are Mohammad Khatami (1943), Al-Hadi (764), Miskawayh (932), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), and Ismail II (1533).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iran

Among astronomers born in Iran, Jamshīd al-Kāshī ranks 3. Before him are Ulugh Beg (1394), and Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903). After him are Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), and Alenush Terian (1921).

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