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Gregory Chioniades
Gregory Chioniades was a Byzantine astronomer who travelled around 1295–1300 from Trebizond to Tabriz to study astronomy at the court of the Mongol Ilkhans. He translated Persian astronomical tables and texts into Greek, introducing Islamic astronomy to Byzantium. He later served as bishop of Tabriz before returning to Trebizond.
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