Abu Zayd al-Balkhi
Persian geographer and mathematician
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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... Wikipedia
Born: 850 AD, Balkh, Afghanistan
Died: October 31, 934 AD (age 84 years)
Nationality: Iranian
Era: Islamic Golden Age
Region: Persian scholar