Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi
Al-Samarqandī is known as mathematicians for his famous tract Kitāb Ashkāl al-ta’sīs (“Book on the Fundamental Theorems”).
Full Name: Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī.
Arabic: شمس الدین سمرقندی
Born: 1250 AD.
Died: 1310 AD.
Origin: Samarkand, now in Uzbekistan.
Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician.
Contributions:
He wrote Synopsis of Astronomy, and produced a star catalogue for the year 1276–1277.
A short work of 20 pages which discusses 35 of Euclid’s propositions.
Books: Risala fi adab al-bahth
Articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shams_al-Din_al-Samarqandi
https://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/person/39177
Books attributed to Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi: