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Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi

1236 - 1311

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Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas'ud b. Mosleh Shirazi (Persian: قطب‌الدینْ محمود بن ضیاءالدینْ مسعود بن مصلح شیرازی; 1236–1311) was a 13th-century Persian polymath and poet who made contributions to astronomy, mathematics, medicine, physics, music theory, philosophy and Sufism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi is the 216th most popular mathematician (down from 206th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Iran (up from 159th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Mathematician.

Qutb al-din al-shirazi is most famous for his work in astronomy. He is credited with the discovery of the Shirazian calendar, which is a solar calendar.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ranks 216 out of 1,004. Before him are Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Paul Guldin, Robert Grosseteste, Piet Hein, Peter Tait, and Élie Cartan. After him are Pierre Bouguer, Thomas Abbt, Hermann Schwarz, Robert Aumann, Pedro Nunes, and Laurent Schwartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1236, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ranks 1. After him are Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Violant of Aragon, Chungnyeol of Goryeo, Leo II, King of Armenia, Wen Tianxiang, Jacopone da Todi, Stephen the Posthumous, and Lu Xiufu. Among people deceased in 1311, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ranks 4. Before him are Külüg Khan, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, and James II of Majorca. After him are Margaret of Brabant, Walter V, Count of Brienne, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Pietro Gradenigo, Mangrai, and David VIII of Georgia.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ranks 156 out of 631. Before him are Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Arses of Persia (-360), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Musa al-Sadr (1928), and Arsaces II of Parthia (-300). After him are Suleiman of Persia (1647), Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203), Vologases III of Parthia (100), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Datis (-600), and Al-Juwayni (1028).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ranks 3. Before him are Omar Khayyam (1048), and Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940). After him are Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), 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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