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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

903 - 986

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ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Sūfī (Persian: عبدالرحمن صوفی; 7 December 903 – 25 May 986) was an Iranian astronomer. His work Kitāb suwar al-kawākib ("The Book of Fixed Stars"), written in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations. The Persian polymath Al-Biruni wrote that al-Sūfī's work on the ecliptic was carried out in Shiraz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi has received more than 344,084 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi is the 22nd most popular astronomer (down from 20th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Iran (down from 50th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Astronomer.

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi is most famous for his work on the constellations. He wrote a book called "Kitab suwar al-kawakib" which means "Book of the Constellations of Fixed Stars."

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 22 out of 531Before him are Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Aryabhata, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Edmond Halley, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Robert Woodrow Wilson. After him are Charles Messier, Giuseppe Piazzi, Johannes Hevelius, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, Jamshīd al-Kāshī, and Roger Joseph Boscovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 903, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 1After him is Taira no Masakado. Among people deceased in 986, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 2Before him is Harald Bluetooth. After him is Lothair of France.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 54 out of 528Before him are Hassan Rouhani (1948), Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary (1932), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), and Abbas Kiarostami (1940). After him are Báb (1819), Cyaxares (-700), Ghazan (1271), Cyrus I (-690), Jami (1414), and Shirin Ebadi (1947).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iran

Among astronomers born in Iran, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi ranks 2Before him are Ulugh Beg (1394). After him are Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), and Alenush Terian (1921).