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Mashallah ibn Athari

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Jewish astronomer and astrologer of Basra, one of the founders of Arab astronomy. He took part in choosing the site of Baghdad for Caliph al-Mansur (762). His astronomical treatises were translated into Latin and influenced medieval Europe.

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De mercibus (On Prices)

Manuscript

De scientia motus orbis (On the Science of the Motion of the Sphere)

Manuscript

Kitāb al-Mawālīd (Book of Nativities)

Manuscript

On Conjunctions, Religions and Peoples

Manuscript

On Reception (Kitāb al-Qabūl)

Manuscript

On the Construction and Use of the Astrolabe

Manuscript

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