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Mashallah ibn Athari

740 - 815

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Māshāʾallāh ibn Atharī (Arabic: ما شاء الله إبن أثري; c. 740 – 815), known as Mashallah, was an 8th century Persian Jewish astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician. Originally from Khorasan, he lived in Basra (in present day Iraq) during the reigns of the Abbasid caliphs al-Manṣūr and al-Ma’mūn, and was among those who introduced astrology and astronomy to Baghdad. The bibliographer ibn al-Nadim described Mashallah "as virtuous and in his time a leader in the science of jurisprudence, i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mashallah ibn Athari has received more than 130,887 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mashallah ibn Athari is the 204th most popular astronomer (up from 278th in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 247th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 204 out of 644. Before him are Peter Andreas Hansen, Jeremiah Horrocks, Bernard Lyot, Seth Barnes Nicholson, John Stanley Plaskett, and Margherita Hack. After him are Cleomedes, Tamara Smirnova, Timocharis, Bertil Lindblad, James Ferguson, and Milton L. Humason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 3. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, and Paulinus II of Aquileia. After him are Angilbert, Al-Asmaʿi, Adalgis, Kamalaśīla, and Vineh of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 815, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him is Jabir ibn Hayyan.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 212 out of 384. Before him are Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Yahya ibn Ma'in (775), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980), and Al-Farazdaq (641). After him are Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Aphrahat (280), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), and Nabonassar (-800).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Iraq

Among astronomers born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190). After him are Kidinnu (-400).

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