Al-Khazini

This article is about the 12th century scientist. For the 10th century astronomer and physician, see Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin.

Muslim scientist Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini
Title	Al-Khazini
Born	11th century
Died	12th century
Ethnicity	Byzantine Greek
School tradition	Islamic astronomy
Main interests	Astronomy
Influences	Aristotle

Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman Mansour al-Khāzini or simply Abu al-Fath Khāzini (Arabic: أبو الفتح الخازني‎, Persian: ابولفتح خازنی) (flourished 1115–1130) was a Muslim astronomer of Greek ethnicity from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia (located in today's Turkmenistan).

See also

• Islamic science
• Islamic astronomy

References

• Robert E. Hall (1973). "Al-Khazini", Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Vol. VII, p. 335-351*
• Donald Routledge Hill (1993). Islamic Science and Engineering. Edinburgh University Press.
• E. S. Kennedy (1956). "A Survey of Islamic Astronomical Tables", Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series, 46 (2), Philadelphia.
• Mariam Rozhanskaya and I. S. Levinova (1996), "Statics", in Roshdi Rashed, ed., Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science, Vol. 2, p. 614-642. Routledge, London and New York.
• Boris Rosenfeld (1994), "Abu'l-Fath Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (XII Century) by Mariam Mikhailovna Rozhanskaya", Isis 85 (4), p. 686-688.
• George Sarton (1927), Introduction to the History of Science, Vol. I, The Carnegie Institution, Washington.

External links

• Abattouy, Mohammed (2007). "Khāzinī: Abū al‐Fatḥ ʿAbd al‐Raḥmān al‐Khāzinī (Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al‐Raḥmān, ʿAbd al‐Raḥmān Manṣūr)". In Thomas Hockey et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 629–30. ISBN 9780387310220. http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Khazini_BEA.htm.  (PDF version)