Born:18 May 1048, Nishapur, Khorasan, Seljuk Empire
Died:4 December 1131 (aged 83), Nishapur, Khorasan, Seljuk Empire
Influenced:Tusi, , Al-Khazini, , Nizami Aruzi of Samarcand, , Hafez, , Sadegh Hedayat, , André Gide, , John Wallis, , Saccheri, , Edward FitzGerald, , Maurice Bouchor, , Henri Cazalis, , Jean Chapelain, , Amin Maalouf
Influences:Avicenna, , al-Khwārizmī, , Euclid, , Apollonius of Perge
Main interests:Mathematics, , Astronomy, , Persian philosophy, , Persian poetry