Kushyar ibn Labban

Abul-Hasan Kūshyār ibn Labbān ibn Bashahri Daylami (971–1029), also known as Kushyar ibn Labban, was an Iranian^[1][2] mathematician, geographer, and astronomer from Daylam, south of the Caspian Sea, Iran. Author of Principles of Hindu Reckoning.

Kushyar ibn Labban
كوشيار بن لبان
Born	971 Daylam, Iran
Died	1029 Baghdad
Academic work
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Main interests	Astronomy, mathematics, geography

Career

Kūshyār ibn Labban's main work was probably done about the beginning of the 11th century, and seems to have taken an important part in the elaboration of trigonometry. He continued the investigations of the 10th century mathematician and astronomer Abul Wáfa, and devoted much space to this in his zīj (book of astronomical tables) az-Zīj al-Jamī wal-Baligh ("The Comprehensive and Mature Tables"), which incorporated the improved values of the planetary apogees observed by al-Battani.^[3] The tables were translated into the Persian language before the end of the century. He wrote also an astrological introduction and an arithmetic treatise Principles of Hindu Reckoning (Kitab fi usul hisab al-hind), that is extant in both Arabic and Hebrew), and was translated to English in 1963.^[4]

Kūshyār Daylami's pupils included the Persian mathematician Ali ibn Ahmad al-Nasawi. Kūshyār ibn Labban is thought to have died in Baghdad.