Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
Persian astrologer
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Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar, was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad. Wikipedia
Born: August 10, 787 AD, Balkh, Afghanistan
Died: March 9, 886 AD (age 98 years), Wasit, Iraq
Parents: Muḥammad bin Omar al-Balkhī
Era: Islamic Golden Age; (Abbasid era)
Influenced: Al-Sijzi, Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Pierre d'Ailly, Pico della Mirandola.