Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Farisi

{{Short description|Iranian Rasulid astronomer and astrologer}}

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Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Farisi (d. 1278/1279), an Iranian[http://www.fulviofrisone.com/attachments/article/464/Springer-Verlag%20The%20Biographical%20Encyclopedia%20of%20Astronomers.pdf/ The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers] : page 10 : "He was a contemporary of the ruler Ashraf and Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Fārisī, the latter also of Iranian stock." Rasulid astronomer and astrologer born in Aden. He is the author of al-Tuḥfa, which includes a treatise containing important information for the history of Islamic astronomy and its connection with the religion of Islam.{{sfn|Schmidl|2007}}

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  • {{cite encyclopedia | editor = Thomas Hockey| last = Schmidl | first = Petra G. | title=Fārisī: Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Fārisī | encyclopedia = The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers | publisher = Springer | date = 2007 | location = New York | pages = 357–9 | url=http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Farisi_BEA.htm | isbn=978-0-387-31022-0|display-editors=etal}} ([http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Farisi_BEA.pdf PDF version])
  • [https://ismi.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/person/44436 Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Fārisī and 8 works of Astrology, Astronomical Tables/zījes and Astronomy: General, on Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative]

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Category:13th-century Iranian astronomers

Category:Scientists who worked on qibla determination

Category:1270s deaths

Category:Year of birth unknown

Category:People from Aden

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