Abu Zayd Al-balkhi
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Balkh |
Afghanistan | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Regions | Persian scholar |
Interests | Geography |
Mathematics | |
Medicine | |
Neuroscience | |
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Died | October 31 |
934 AD | |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
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ID | 3210039 |
Abu Zayd Al-balkhi Life story
Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi was a Persian Muslim polymath: a geographer, mathematician, physician, psychologist and scientist. Born in 850 CE in Shamistiyan, in the province of Balkh, Greater Khorasan, he was a disciple of al-Kindi. He also founded the "Balkhī school" of terrestrial mapping in Baghdad.