ʿABDALLĀH B. ŠĀKER B. ABU’L-MOṬAHHAR AL-MAʿADĀNĪ, ŠAMS-AL-DĪN, an expert in geometry and the science of the stars, d. at Isfahan in late 570/1174-75. He apparently wrote works in both Persian and Arabic; none survives, and even the titles are unknown.
Bibliography
Ebn al-Qefṭī, Taʾrīḵ al-ḥokamāʾ, ed. J. Lippert, Leipzig, 1903, p. 224.
Suter, Mathematiker, p. 123, no. 299.
Cite this article
Pingree, David. "ʿABDALLĀH B. ŠĀKER." Encyclopaedia Iranica. Published December 15, 1982. https://doi.org/10.1163/2330-4804_EIRO_COM_4417