Khāzinī was known for scientific activity in the fields of astronomy, mechanics, and scientific instruments. A slave of Greek origin, he later converted to Islam. He worked in court of the Saljūq ruler Sanjar ibn Malik-Shāh (r. 1118–57), and dedicated to him al-Zīj al-Sanjarī and Kitāb mīzān al-ḥikma (on mechanics). Other known works include: a treatise on astronomical instruments (Risāla fī al-ālāt) and a text on a self-rotating sphere (Maqāla fī ittikhādh kura tadūru bi-dhātihā). [Abattouy]