Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الخزيني) (flourished 1115–1130) was a scientist, astronomer, physicist, biologist, alchemist, mathematician and philosopher from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia but now in Turkmenistan, who made important contributions to physics and astronomy. He is considered the greatest scholar from Merv.
Robert E. Hall wrote the following on al-Khazini:
Al-Khazini was a Byzantine Greek slave of the S...
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Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Arabic: عبدالرحمن الخزيني) (flourished 1115–1130) was a scientist, astronomer, physicist, biologist, alchemist, mathematician and philosopher from Merv, then in the Khorasan province of Persia but now in Turkmenistan, who made important contributions to physics and astronomy. He is considered the greatest scholar from Merv.
Robert E. Hall wrote the following on al-Khazini:
Al-Khazini was a Byzantine Greek slave of the Seljuq Turks, who at a young age was taken to Merv after the Seljuq victory over the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV. His master, al-Khazin, gave him the best possible education in mathematical and philosophical subjects. Al-Khazini was also a pupil of the famous Persian poet, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Omar Khayyám (1048-1131), who was living in Merv at the time.
Al-Khazini later became a mathematical practitioner under the patronage of the Seljuk court, under Sultan Ahmed Sanjar. Little else is known about his life, but it is...
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