Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (
Persian: شمس الدین سمرقندی;
c. 1250 –
c. 1310) was a 13th century
Persianastronomer and
mathematician from
Samarkand, now in Uzbekistan.
Life
Little is known of al-Samarqandi's life, who composed his most important works during the 13th and 14th centuries. He wrote works on
theology,
logic,
philosophy,
mathematics and
astronomy which are important in their own right, but also provide information about the works of other astronomers.His
treatise, Risala fi adab al-bahth, is a discussion of
dialectic reasoning as used by the
ancient Greeks. He wrote Synopsis of Astronomy, and produced a star catalogue for the year 1276–1277.
Dilgan, Hamid (1970). "Al-Samarqandī, Shams al‐Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al‐Ḥusaynī". In Gillispie, Charles Coulston; Holmes, Frederic Lawrence (eds.). Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 12. New York: Scribner.
OCLC755137603.