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Nobakht Ahvazi ((ペルシア語:نوبخت اهوازى), (or Naubakht Ahvaz) also transliterated "Naubakht") and his sons lived in the 8th - 9th centuries AD, and were astrologers from Ahvaz (in the present-day Khuzestan Province of Iran). Nobakht was particularly famous for having led a group of astrologers who picked an auspicious electional chart for the founding of Baghdad. His family also helped design the city. Originally Zoroastrians,〔Islam's Contribution to Science By Husain Muzzafar, S. Muzaffar Husain, pg. 31〕 Nobakht and his sons converted to Islam and were employed as Pahlavi translators of the Abbasid court. ==Sources== * ''The Golden Age of Persia'', by Richard Nelson Frye, p. 163. * ''Khandan-i Naubakhti'', by Abbas Iqbal, Tehran, 1933, pp 2–3 & 13. * ''Islamic Science and Engineering'', by Donald Hill, p. 10. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naubakht」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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