Al-Kuhi
Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Qūhī (al-Kūhī; perzijski: ابوسهل بیژن کوهی Abusahl Bijan-e Koohi) bio je perzijski[1] matematičar, fizičar i astronom. Bio je rodom iz Kuha (ili Quha), područja u Tabaristanu (Amol), a djelovao u Bagdadu u 10. vijeku. Smatra se jednim od najvećih muslimanskih geomatara te mu se pripisuju brojni matematički i astronomski tekstovi iz tog doba.
Bio je vođa astrona koji su 988. djelovali i opservatoriji koju je u Bagdadu podigao buijdski vladar Šaraf al-Daula. Poznat je kao autor traktata o astrolabu.
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