PERSON

Nawbakht

Name (arabic)

نوبخت

Name (translit)

Nawbakht

Alias

Nawbaḫt al-Ḥakīm

Flourished

142H/760J

Died

152H/770J

Lived in

Notes

(From MAMS2): A Persian astrologer who flourished during the reign of Caliph Manṣūr (136-58/ 754-75). Jointly with Māšāʾ Allāh, he made the preliminary survey for the foundation of the city of Baghdad in 762-63.

Number in MAMS

7

ismi_id

81300

Authored Works

1 works:

Astrology

Kitāb al-aḥkām , كتاب الأحكام

References

V. 1, p. 531.

V. 5, p. 35.

P. 3.

V. 2, p. 30.

Pp. 14-15 (no. 7).

P. 28.

P. 158.

P. 224.

P. 115.

Suppl. 1, p. 391.

Pp. 100-1.