MATHEMATICIAN

Al-Khazini

1077 - 1155

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Abū al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansūr al-Khāzini or simply al-Khāzini (أبوالفتح عبدالرحمن منصور الخازنی (Persian), flourished 1115–1130) was an Iranian astronomer of Byzantine origin who lived during the Seljuk Empire. His astronomical tables written under the patronage of Sultan Sanjar (Zīj al-Sanjarī, 1115) is considered to be one of the major works in mathematical astronomy of the medieval period.: 107  He provided the positions of fixed stars, and for oblique ascensions and time-equations for the latitude of Marv in which he was based.: 197  He also wrote extensively on various calendrical systems and on the various manipulations of the calendars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Khazini has received more than 156,640 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Al-Khazini is the 196th most popular mathematician (up from 234th in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Iran (up from 166th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Mathematician.

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  • 60.34

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Khazini ranks 196 out of 1,004. Before her are Hermann Grassmann, Abu Nasr Mansur, Jakob Steiner, Gabriel Lamé, Theaetetus, and Abu Zayd al-Balkhi. After her are Giovanni Ceva, Al-Karaji, Laurent Schwartz, Pedro Nunes, Theodorus of Cyrene, and Richard von Mises.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1077, Al-Khazini ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1155, Al-Khazini ranks 3. Before her are Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Qin Hui. After her are Arnold of Brescia, Emperor Konoe, Li Qingzhao, Sigurd II of Norway, and David V of Georgia.

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    Al-Khazini

    MATHEMATICIAN

    1077 - 1155

    HPI: 60.34

    Rank: 1

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Khazini ranks 154 out of 631. Before her are Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Abu Nasr Mansur (960), Dariush Mehrjui (1939), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), and Amytis of Media (-630). After her are Al-Karaji (953), Vologases IV (150), Ibn Babawayh (918), Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), and Shapour Bakhtiar (1914).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Iran

Among mathematicians born in Iran, Al-Khazini ranks 4. Before her are Omar Khayyam (1048), Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (940), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960). After her are Al-Karaji (953), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Athir al-Din al-Abhari (1200), Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265), and Al-Mahani (820).

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