Abu Maʿshar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Persian astrologer, astronomer, and Islamic philosopher
Date of Birth: 10-Aug-0787
Place of Birth: Balkh, Afghanistan
Date of Death: 09-Mar-0886
Profession: astronomer, mathematician, philosopher
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Abu Maʿshar
- Abu Ma?shar, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar; full name Abu Ma?shar Ja?far ibn Mu?ammad ibn ?Umar al-Balkhi ??? ???? ???? ?? ???? ?? ??? ?????? ; 10 August 787 – 9 March 886, AH 171–272), was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad.
- 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.Abu Ma'shar was a Persian nationalist.
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