About Saghani
Saghani was an Arab astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.
Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi (, referred to by at least one source as Ṣāghānī, was a Persian astronomer and historian of science. His name means "the astrolabe maker of Saghan, near Merv". He flourished in Baghdad, where he died in 990.
Works Al-Asturlabi wrote some of the earliest comments on the history of science. These included the following comparison between the "ancients" (including the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians, Greeks and Indians) and the "modern scholars" (the Muslim scientists of his time):
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Who was Saghani?
Persian mathematician and astronomer
When did Saghani die?
Saghani died in 990.
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Saghani was an astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.
What nationality was Saghani?
Saghani was Arab.
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