What is "al-isfahani"

Abu al-Fath Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim ibn Fadl al-Isfahani was a 10th-century Persian mathematician. He flourished probably around 982AD in Isfahan.

He gave a better Arabic edition of the Conics of Apollonius and commented on the first books. The Conics had been translated a century before by Hilal al-Himsi (books 1-4) and Thabit ibn Qurra (books 5-7).

The name Al-Isfahani means someone from the city of Isfahan, Iran.

People with this name include:

• Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, an Arab scholar, a member of the tribe of the Quraysh.
• Abu-l-Fath Mahmud ibn Mohammed ibn Qasim ibn Fadl al-Isfahani, a 10th-century Persian mathematician.
• Al-Raghib al-Isfahani, an Islamic scholar.
• Ghiyath al-Din 'Ali ibn Amirin al-Husayni al-Isfahani, a 15th-century Persian physician and scientist from Isfahan.
• Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, a 12th-century historian.
• Jalal al-Din Muhammad al-Isfahani, a 19th-century Persian physician from Isfahan.