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Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar (also Albusar, Albuxar; full name Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر البلخي ; 10 August 787 – 9 March 886, AH 171–272), was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Maʿshar has received more than 58,638 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Abu Maʿshar is the 86th most popular astronomer (up from 153rd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Astronomer.
Abu Maʿshar is most famous for his work in astronomy and astrology. He was a Persian mathematician and astronomer who was born in Baghdad in 876 CE. He was one of the first astronomers to use the Ptolemaic model of the solar system.
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Among astronomers, Abu Maʿshar ranks 86 out of 531. Before him are Karl Ludwig Harding, Lewis A. Swift, Walter Baade, Wilhelm Tempel, Edward Emerson Barnard, and Giovanni Battista Riccioli. After him are Eric Walter Elst, Petrus Apianus, Eugene Merle Shoemaker, Angelo Secchi, Antony Hewish, and Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr..
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 80
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 81
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 82
1821 - 1889
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 83
1857 - 1923
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 84
1598 - 1671
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 85
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 86
1936 - 2022
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 87
1495 - 1552
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 88
1928 - 1997
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 89
1818 - 1878
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 90
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 91
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 92
Among people born in 787, Abu Maʿshar ranks 2. Before him is Al-Amin. Among people deceased in 886, Abu Maʿshar ranks 4. Before him are Basil I, Ibn Majah, and Muhammad I of Córdoba. After him are Bernard Plantapilosa, García Jiménez of Pamplona, Joseph the Hymnographer, and Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany.
811 - 886
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 1
824 - 886
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 2
823 - 886
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 3
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 4
841 - 886
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 5
800 - 886
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 6
816 - 886
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 7
820 - 886
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 8
Among people born in Afghanistan, Abu Maʿshar ranks 37 out of 145. Before him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Menander I (-190), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Heracles of Macedon (-327). After him are Khalil Sultan (1384), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939), and Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998).
1438 - 1506
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 31
1142 - 1236
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 32
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 33
190 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 34
1961 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 35
327 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 36
787 - 886
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 37
1384 - 1411
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 38
1888 - 1946
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 39
1160 - 1206
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 40
827 - 911
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 41
1939 - 2018
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 42
998 - 1041
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 43
Among astronomers born in Afghanistan, Abu Maʿshar ranks 1.