About Abu Said Gorgani
Abu Said Gorgani was an astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.
Abu Sa'id Dharir Gurgani , also Gurgani, was a 9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer from Gurgan, Iran. He wrote a treatise on geometrical problems and another on the drawing of the meridian. George Sarton considers him a pupil of Ibn al-A'rabi, but Carl Brockelmann rejects this opinion.
Works Two of his works are extant: Masa'il Hindisia (a manuscript is available in Cairo) Istikhraj khat nisf al-nahar min kitab analima wa al-borhan alayh (available in Cairo, translated by Carl Schoy)
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Who was Abu Said Gorgani?
Islamic mathematician and astronomer
When was Abu Said Gorgani born?
Abu Said Gorgani was born in Gorgan.
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Abu Said Gorgani was an astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.
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