Shirdil Abu'l-Fawaris was the Buyid amir of Kerman and Fars, as well as Iraq. He was the eldest son of 'Adud al-Dawla.

Abū Sahl Wayjan ibn Rustam al-Kūhī was a Persian mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He was from Kuh, an area in Tabaristan, Amol, and flourished in Baghdad in the 10th century. He is considered