List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars

{{Short description|none}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2021}}

File:Ghotb2.jpg. The image depicts an epicyclic planetary model.]]

The following is a list of Iranian scientists, engineers, and scholars who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age.

{{Dynamic list}}

{{compact TOC|side=yes}}

A

  • Abdul Qadir Gilani (12th century) theologian and philosopher
  • Abu al-Qasim Muqane'i (10th century) physician
  • Abu Dawood (c. 817–889), Islamic scholar
  • Abu Hanifa (699–767), Islamic scholar
  • Abu Said Gorgani (10th century) Brentjes, Sonja. Jan P. Hogendijk, “The Geometrical Works of Abu Sa’id al-Darir al-Jurjani”. SCIAMVS 2, (2001), pp. 47-74., Abstracta Iranica [En ligne], Volume 26 | 2005, document 324, mis en ligne le 07 décembre 2005, consulté le 05 juin 2021. [http://journals.openedition.org/abstractairanica/2327]
  • 'Adud al-Dawla (936–983), scientific patron
  • Ahmad ibn Farrokh (12th century), physician
  • Ahmad ibn 'Imad al-Din (11th century), physician and chemist
  • Alavi Shirazi (1670–1747), royal physician in Mughal India
  • Amuli, Muhammad ibn Mahmud (c. 1300–1352), physician
  • Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin (900–971), mathematician and astronomer Calvo, Emilia, “Khāzin,” The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, editor-in-chief Thomas Hockey, New York: Springer-Verlag (2014) 1191-1192 | {{ISBN|978-1-4419-9916-0}}[http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Khazin_BEA.htm]
  • Ansari, Khwaja Abdullah (1006–1088), Islamic scholar
  • Aqa-Kermani (18th century), physician
  • Aqsara'i (?–1379), physician
  • Abu Hafsa Yazid, physician
  • Arzani, Muqim (18th century), physician
  • Astarabadi (15th century), physician
  • Aufi, Muhammad (1171–1242), scientist and historian
  • Albubather, physician and astrologer Vadet, J.-C., “Ibn al-K̲h̲aṣīb”, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, Edited by: P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C.E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs. Consulted online on 05 June 2021 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_3251]
  • Ibn Abi al-Ashʿath, physician
  • Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, theologian and philosopher
  • Abu al-Hasan al-Ahwazi, mathematician and astronomer Negahban, Farzin, “Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ahwāzī”, Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Wilferd Madelung and, Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 04 February 2017 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_SIM_0147]

B

  • Brethren of Purity[https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ekwan-al-safa Walker, Paul E., “EḴWĀN AL-ṢAFĀʾ,” Encyclopaedia Iranica]
  • Bahmanyār, philosopher
  • Al-Baghawi (c. 1041–1122), Islamic scholar
  • Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī (1547–1621), poet, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer
  • Baha Al-Dowleh Razi (died c. 915), physician
  • Al-Baladhuri (?–892), historian
  • Abu Ali Bal'ami (10th century), historian
  • Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787–886), known in Latin as Albumasar, astrologer Pingree, David E., “Abū Maʿshar al-Balkhī,” Dictionary of Scientific Biography, editor-in-chief Charles Coulston Gillispie, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1970-1980) vol. 1, pp. 32-39; Idem, Abū Maʿshar Al-Balkhī, Jaʿfar Ibn Muḥammad, Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com

[https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/abu-ma]

D

  • Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815–896), astronomer, agriculturist, botanist, metallurgist, geographer, mathematician, and historian Lewin, B., “Al-Dīnawarī,” Encyclopaedia of Islam, second edition, eds. H. A. R. Gibb, J. H. Kramers, E. Lévi-Provençal, J. Schacht, Leiden: Brill (1954–2005) vol. 2, p. 300; Pellat, Charles, “DĪNAVARĪ, ABŪ ḤANĪFA AḤMAD,” Encyclopaedia Iranica

[https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dinavari-abu-hanifa-ahmad]

E

F

  • Al-Farghani (d. 880), astronomer, known in Latin as Alfraganus Sabra, A. I., “AL-FARGHĀNĪ,” Dictionary of Scientific Biography, editor-in-chief Charles Coulston Gillispie, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1970-1980) vol. 4, pp. 541-545; Pingree, David E., “FARḠĀNĪ, AḤMAD,” Encyclopaedia Iranica [https://iranicaonline.org/articles/fargani-ahmad-b-mohammad-b-kair]
  • Al-Farabi (872–950) (Al-Farabi, Pharabius), philosopher Druart, Therese-Anne, "al-Farabi", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2020 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), [https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2020/entries/al-farabi/]
  • Fazari, Ibrahim (?–777), mathematician and astronomer
  • Fazari, Mohammad (?–796), mathematician and astronomer
  • Feyz Kashani, Mohsen (?–1680), theologian
  • Firishta (1560–1620), historian
  • Ibn al-Faqih, historian and geographer
  • Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al‐Farisi (d. 1278/1279), astronomer
  • Fazlallah Khunji Isfahani (1455–1521), religious scholar, historian and political writer

G

H

I

J

K

M

N

O

  • Ostanes, ancient Persian alchemist

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

See also

Notes

{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iranian Scientists And Scholars}}

Category:Scientists of the medieval Islamic world

Iranian

Iranian scientists

Scientists