Albumasar

Name:

Albumasar (fl.787-886) Variant names:

• Abû Ma`shar Dja`far b. Muhammad `Umar al-Balkhî

Biographical Details:

Floruit; author of works on astronomy and astrology, influential for twelfth- and thirteenth-century western philosophy; Enc. Islam, I 139-40.

Categorisation:

Dates: 787 to 886 Century: 8th century AD to 9th century AD Period: Medieval Characterisation: unknown Profession: scholar

Works:

• author
  1. tia00356000 Albumasar Flores astrologiae.
  2. tia00357000 Albumasar Flores astrologiae.
  3. tia00358000 Albumasar Flores astrologiae.
  4. tia00359000 Albumasar Introductorium in astronomiam.
  5. tia00360000 Albumasar De magnis coniunctionibus.

Gender:

Male

Birth Year:

787

Death Year:

886

Author Id:

223