PERSON

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn al-Farrukhān al-Ṭabarī

Name (arabic)

أبو حفص عمر بن الفرّخان الطبري

Name (translit)

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn al-Farrukhān al-Ṭabarī

Alias

ʿUmar ibn al-Farrukhān al-Ṭabarī

Died

197H/813J

Born in

Lived in

Notes

(From MAMS2): He was an astrologer, astronomer and architect under the commission of the Caliph al-Ma'mūn. He translated several works from Persian into Arabic, some of which are by the order of the Caliph. He was also involved in the establishment of the city of Baghdad.

Number in MAMS

27

ismi_id

103428

Authored Works

8 works:

Astrology

Kitāb al-uṣūl fī al-nujūm , كتاب العصول في النجوم
Masāʾil fī miʾah wa-thalāthīn bāb , مسائل في مائة وثلاثين باب
Mukhtaṣar masāʾil al-Qayṣarānī , مختصر مسائل القيصراني
Risālah dar ṣalawāt wa-aḥkām-i nujūm , رساله در صلوات و احكام نجوم

Astronomical Instruments

Kitāb al-ʿamal bi-al-asṭurlāb (ʿUmar ibn al-Farrukhān) , كتاب العمل بالأسطرلاب

Astronomical Tables/zījes

Kitāb al-ʿilal , كتاب العلل

Astronomy: General

Kitāb ittifāq al-falāsifah wa-ikhtilāfuhum fī khuṭūṭ al-kawākib (ʿUmar ibn al-Farrukhān) , كتاب إتّفاق الفلاسفة وإختلافهم في خطوط الكواكب

Astronomy: Theoretical/hayʾaẗ al-ʿālam

Fī hayʾat al-falak , في هيئة الفلك

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