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Mashallah ibn Athari

740 - 815

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Māshāʾallāh ibn Atharī (Persian: ماشاءالله ابن اثری یهودی; c. 740 – 815), known as Mashallah, was an 8th century Persian Jewish astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician. Originally from Khorasan, he lived in Basra (in present day Iraq) during the reigns of the Abbasid caliphs al-Manṣūr and al-Ma’mūn, and was among those who introduced astrology and astronomy to Baghdad. The bibliographer ibn al-Nadim described Mashallah "as virtuous and in his time a leader in the science of jurisprudence, i.e. the science of judgments of the stars". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mashallah ibn Athari is the 297th most popular astronomer (down from 204th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 212th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 297 out of 644. Before him are Sylvain Arend, Richard Christopher Carrington, Hervé Faye, Grigory Neujmin, Eugene Parker, and Frank Muller. After him are Thomas Romney Robinson, David Gill, Maarten Schmidt, Iosif Shklovsky, Christine Kirch, and Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 4. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, and Kamalaśīla. After him are Al-Asmaʿi, Vineh of Bulgaria, Angilbert, and Adalgis. Among people deceased in 815, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him is Jabir ibn Hayyan.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 252 out of 384. Before him are Hormuzd Rassam (1826), Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300), Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500), Muqtada al-Sadr (1974), and Ikunum (-1900). After him are Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), and Enlil-nirari (-1400).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iraq

Among astronomers born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190). After him are Kidinnu (-400).

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