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Also Known As Albumasar • Abū Maʿshar
Born August 10, 787 • Balkh
Died March 9, 886 (aged 98) • Wāsiṭ • Iraq
Subjects Of Study astrology
John Dee
John Dee
English mathematician
Georg von Peuerbach
Austrian mathematician
Imhotep
Egyptian architect, physician, and statesman
Cardano, Girolamo
Girolamo Cardano
Italian physician and mathematician
Michael Scot
Scottish scholar
Nostradamus
Nostradamus
French astrologer
Shripati
Indian astronomer, astrologer, and mathematician
Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
Franz Cumont
Belgian archaeologist
Longomontanus, Christian
Christian Longomontanus
Danish astronomer
Varahamihira
Indian philosopher and scientist
Muhammad Atef
al-Qaeda leader
Burhanuddin Rabbani
president of Afghanistan
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
Statue of Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
president of Turkey
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Ibn Baṭṭūṭah
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer and writer
al-Mahdī
Sudanese religious leader