Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
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This article is about the astrologer. For the historian and hadith scholar, see Abu Ma'shar Najih al-Sindi al-Madani.
Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar; full name Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر البلخي ; 10 August 787 – 9 March 886, AH 171–272),[3] was an early Persian[4][5][6] Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad.[2] While he was not a major innovator, his practical manuals for training astrologers profoundly influenced Muslim intellectual history and, through translations, that of western Europe and Byzantium.[3]
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Born | 10 August 787 |
Died | 9 March 886 (aged 98) Wāsiṭ, Iraq, Abbasid Caliphate |
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Influences | Aristotle and Ptolemy |
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Era | Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era) |
Main interests | Astrology, Astronomy |
Influenced | Al-Sijzi, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Pierre d'Ailly, Pico della Mirandola.[2] |
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