740 - 815
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 120,253 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mashallah ibn Athari is the 278th most popular astronomer (down from 173rd in 2019), the 248th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 187th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Astronomer.
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Among astronomers, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 278 out of 531. Before him are Lewis Boss, Charles Wolf, Grigory Neujmin, Robert T. A. Innes, Maria Clara Eimmart, and Karl Christian Bruhns. After him are Edwin Ernest Salpeter, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, Liisi Oterma, Heikki A. Alikoski, John Machin, and Frank Watson Dyson.
1846 - 1912
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 272
1827 - 1918
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 273
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 274
1861 - 1933
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 275
1676 - 1707
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 276
1830 - 1881
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 277
740 - 815
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 278
1924 - 2008
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 279
1849 - 1919
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 280
1915 - 2001
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 281
1912 - 1997
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 282
1680 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 283
1868 - 1939
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 284
Among people born in 740, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 7. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Angilbert, Adalgis, Al-Asmaʿi, and Kamalaśīla. After him is Vineh of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 815, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him is Jabir ibn Hayyan.
740 - 774
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1
740 - 802
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 2
740 - 814
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 3
740 - 788
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 4
740 - 828
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 5
740 - 795
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 6
740 - 815
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 7
740 - 762
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 8
Among people born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 248 out of 338. Before him are Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976), Muqtada al-Sadr (1974), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), and Emmanuel III Delly (1927). After him are Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913), Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), Ashur-nadin-apli (-1300), Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (null), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932).
1976 - 2022
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 242
1974 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 243
932 - 1000
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 244
1400 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 245
1923 - 2007
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 246
1927 - 2014
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 247
740 - 815
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 248
864 - 896
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 249
1913 - 1973
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 250
1945 - 2007
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 251
1300 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 252
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 253
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 254
Among astronomers born in Iraq, Mashallah ibn Athari ranks 2. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190).