Fakhr al-Din al- Akhlati

Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlatti (flourished in the thirteenth century), a Muslim astronomer, from Anatolia, worked at the Maragha observatory.[1] He was one of the first elites that al-Tusi recruited to work in the Maragha observatory. His life was in a period contemporaneous with the fall of Baghdad at the hands of the Mongols.[2]

Fakhr al-Din al-Akhlatti

References
  1. Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science: Technology, alchemy and life, Page 1003, PDF document
  2. Astronomy and Astrology in the Islamic World, P72. PDF document


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