Nizam al-Din al-Nisapuri
Nizam al-Din Hasan al-Nisaburi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, jurist, exegete, and poet. His full name was Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Mohammad ibn Hossein Qumi Nishapuri. As the genealogy in his full name shows, his grandfather was originally from the city of Qom but Nizam was born in Nishapur.
His early education was in the city of Nishapur but he later moved to Tabriz, the capital of Il-Khanids at the time. He studied under and worked with Qutb al-Din Shirazi, who was himself a student of Nasir al-Din Tusi. He was one of the great scientists of Maragheh observatory.Works
Nizam al-Din Nisaburi's works include:
- Tafsir al-Gharaeb al-Quran : Commentary on the wonders of Quran in exegesis, also known an Tasfir Nishabpuri.
- Owqaf al-Quran
- Kashf-i Haqayeq-i Zij-i ilkhani : : on the explanation of Zij-i Ilkhani by Nasir al-Din Tusi, written in Persian
- Tafsir al-Tahrir : : his commentary on al-Tahrir Almagest by Nasir al-Din Tusi
- al-Basaer fi mukhtasar tanqih al-Manazer : enlightening of the topics in al-Manazer by Ibn Haytham
- Twozih al-Dhekr : a commentary on the Tadhkara fi ilm al-hay'a by Nasir al-Din Tusi
- Nizam's Sharh on al-Shafia by Ibn Hajib
- A treatise on mathematics
