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Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid Mas'ud al-Kashi
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Kashan, Iran
Samarkand, Transoxania (now Uzbek)
Biography
Details of Jamshid al-Kashi's life and works are better known than many others from this period although details of his life are sketchy.One of the reasons we is that he dated many of his works with the exact date on which they were completed, another reason is that a number of letters which he wrote to his father have survived and give fascinating information.
Al-Kashi was born in Kashan which lies in a desert at the eastern foot of the Central Iranian Range. At the time that al-Kashi was growing up Timur (often known as Tamburlaine) was conquering large regions. He had proclaimed himself sovereign and restorer of the Mongol empire at Samarkand in 1370 and, in 1383