Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar al-Taftāzānī

PERSON

Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar al-Taftāzānī

Name (arabic)	سعد الدين مسعود بن عمر التفتازاني
Name (translit)	Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar al-Taftāzānī
Alias	Saʿd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī سعد الدين التفتزاني Taftāzānī Taftazānī
Flourished
Died	1388 CE/ 0791 AH
Lived in	Iran Samarqand Herat Shiraz
Grandparent of	Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyá ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd ibn ʿUmar al-Taftazānī
Student of	Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Rāzī al-Taḥtānī ʿAḍud al-Dīn ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān ibn Aḥmad al-Ījī
Notes	Saʿd al-Dīn Masʿūd Taftāzānī was a student of ʿAḍud al-Dīn al-Ījī (d. 756/1355) and Quṭb al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 766/1364).
Number in MAMS	772
ismi_id	8727

Authored Works

2 works:

Arithmetic: Practical/ḥisāb

Sharḥ al-risālah al-Shamsīyah , شرح الرسالة الشمسية

Categorization of the Sciences

al-Mukhtaṣar sharḥ talkhīṣ al-miftāḥ , المختصر شرح تلخيص المفتاح

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