Ibn Yunus
950 CE–1009 CE · Fostat (Old Cairo)
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi al-Said 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus ibn Abd al-'Ala al-Sadafi al-Misri (Arabic: ابن يونس; c. 950 – 1009) was an Egyptian astronomer and mathematician,. The Fatimids gave him gifts and established an observatory for him on Mount Mokattam near Fustat. Al-Aziz Billah ordered him to make astronomical tables, which he completed during the reign of Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, son of Al-Aziz, and called it al-Zij al-Kabir al-Hakimi. The crater Ibn Yunus on the Moon is named after him.
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- al-Aziz Billah· 955 CE–996 CE
- Vladimir the Great· 958 CE–1015 CE
- Almanzor (al-Mansur ibn Abi Aamir)· 938 CE–1002 CE
- al-Qadir· 947 CE–1031 CE
- Hisham II· 966 CE–1013 CE
- Yaropolk I of Kiev· 958 CE–980 CE
- Basil II· 958 CE–1025 CE
- Sabuktigin· –997 CE
- Mahmud of Ghazni· 971 CE–1030 CE
- Ly Thai To· 974 CE–1028 CE
- Svyatoslav I of Kiev· 943 CE–972 CE
- Emperor Taizu of Song (Zhao Kuangyin)· 927 CE–976 CE
- Rajendra Chola I· 971 CE–1044 CE
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