Shams al-Din al-Samarqandi
Al-Samarqandi | |
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شمس الدين سمرقندی | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | c. 1250 |
| Died | c. 1310 |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interest(s) | Mathematics, astronomy |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Creed | Maturidi |
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ashraf al-Ḥusaynī al-Samarqandī (Persian: شمس الدین سمرقندی; c. 1250 – c. 1310) was a 13th century Islamic theologian, astronomer and mathematician from Samarkand, now in Uzbekistan.