Mohammed al-Saghani

Mohammed al-Saghani

Full Name: Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi

Arabic: ابوحامد صاغانی

Born:

Origin: Saghan, Persia now Iran

Dies: 990 AD

Famous for: Astronomer and Historian of science

Contribution:

Al-Saghani wrote some of the earliest comments on the history of science.

He worked in Sharaf al-dawla’s observatory

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Battani

https://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Saghani_BEA.htm