PERSON

Abū al-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Asṭurlābī al-Baghdādī al-Iṣfahānī

Name (arabic)

أبو القاسم هبة الله بن الحسين بن أحمد بديع الزمان الأسطرلابي البغدادي الإصفهاني

Name (translit)

Abū al-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Asṭurlābī al-Baghdādī al-Iṣfahānī

Alias

Badīʿ al-Asṭurlābī
Badīʿ al-Zamān
Hibat Allāh al-Badiʿ al-Asṭurlābī

Flourished

Died

1140 CE/ 0534 AH

Lived in

Number in MAMS

438

ismi_id

33648

Authored Works

2 works:

Astronomical Instruments

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Al-Zīj al-Maḥmūdī , الزيج المحمودي

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