Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (died 986)

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi

Persian astronomer (903–986)

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī was a Persian astronomer. His work Kitāb ṣuwar al-kawākib, written in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations. The Persian polymath Al-Biruni wrote that al-Ṣūfī's work on the ecliptic was carried out in Shiraz. Al-Ṣūfī lived at the Buyid…