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Al-Sijzi

945 - 1020

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Abu Sa'id Ahmed ibn Mohammed ibn Abd al-Jalil al-Sijzi (c. 945 - c. 1020, also known as al-Sinjari and al-Sijazi; Persian: ابوسعید سجزی; Al-Sijzi is short for "Al-Sijistani") was an Iranian Muslim astronomer, mathematician, and astrologer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Sijzi has received more than 80,156 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Al-Sijzi is the 418th most popular mathematician (up from 429th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Afghanistan and the 2nd most popular Afghan Mathematician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Al-Sijzi ranks 418 out of 1,004Before him are Thomas Fincke, László Lovász, Abraham Robinson, Henryk Zygalski, Georgy Voronoy, and Albert W. Tucker. After him are Helmut Hasse, Michael O. Rabin, Vladimir Smirnov, Gerhard Gentzen, Al-Samawal al-Maghribi, and John Vitéz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 945, Al-Sijzi ranks 5Before him are Eric the Victorious, Al-Maqdisi, Abbo of Fleury, and Otto, Duke of Burgundy. After him is Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1020, Al-Sijzi ranks 5Before him are Leif Erikson, Ferdowsi, Abhinavagupta, and Manuel Erotikos Komnenos. After him are Trdat, Malusha, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Melus of Bari, Gagik I of Armenia, and Ælfric of Eynsham.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Al-Sijzi ranks 78 out of 177Before him are Diodotus II (-252), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), Diodotus I (-285), Humaira Begum (1918), and Mawdud of Ghazni (1012). After him are Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Unsuri (980), Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), and Demetrius I of Bactria (-300).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Afghanistan

Among mathematicians born in Afghanistan, Al-Sijzi ranks 2Before him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850).