PERSON
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ghaffār al-Fārisī
| Name (arabic) |
أبو علي الحسن بن أحمد بن عبد الغفار الفارسي
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| Name (translit) |
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ghaffār al-Fārisī
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| Alias |
Nuʿmān al-Fārisī
Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḫaṭīr al-Nuʿmān al-Fārisī
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| Died |
377H/987J
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| Lived in |
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| Notes |
This Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī (d. 377/987) is often confused with another one who flourished ca. 1300. The latter authored a work on the use of the astrolabe entitled "Maqāṣid ḏawī al-albāb fī al-ʿamal bi-al-asṭurlāb." |
| Number in MAMS |
519
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| ismi_id |
27411
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References
Rozenfeld, Boris, and Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. 2003. Mathematicians, Astronomers And Other Scholars Of Islamic Civilisation And Their Works (7Th-19Th C.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art, and Culture.
P. 192 (no. 519).
King, David. 1986. A Survey Of The Scientific Manuscripts In The Egyptian National Library. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns; The American Research Center in Egypt.
Cf. P. 59 (C20), 4.3.19 (n. 1). This reference refers to Abū ʿAli al-Fārisī (ca 1300).