From: Thomas Hockey et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers, Springer Reference. New York: Springer, 2007, pp. 792-793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_964 Courtesy of Springer.
Mizzī: Zayn al‐Dīn [Shams al‐Din] Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al‐Raḥīm al‐Mizzī al‐Ḥanafī
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