Saghani

Abu Hamid Ahmed ibn Mohammed al-Saghani al-Asturlabi (Persian, wanda akalla tushe daya ya kira Ṣāghānī,  masanin taurari ne kuma masanin tarihin kimiyya na Farisa. Sunansa yana nufin "mai yin astrolabe na Saghan, kusa da Merv". Ya bunƙasa a Bagadaza, inda ya mutu a shekara ta 990.

 Ayyuka 
Al-Asturlabi ya rubuta wasu maganganu na farko game da Tarihin kimiyya. Wadannan sun hada da kwatanci mai zuwa tsakanin "tsofaffi" (ciki har da tsoffin Babiloniyawa, Masarawa, Helenawa da Indiyawa) da "masanan zamani" (Masana kimiyya Musulmi na zamaninsa):

 Manazarta