Mashallah ibn Athari

Māshāʾallāh ibn Atharī, known as Mashallah, was an 8th-century Persian Jewish astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician. Originally from Khorasan, he lived in Basra during the reigns of the Abbasid caliphs al-Manṣūr and al-Ma’mūn, and was among those who introduced astrology and astronomy to Baghdad.

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Who was born first?

• Mashallah ibn Athari and Alcuin were born the same year
• Mashallah ibn Athari was born 6 years before Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī
• Mashallah ibn Athari was born 40 years after Vergilius of Salzburg
• Mashallah ibn Athari was born 40 years before Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
• Mashallah ibn Athari was born 47 years before Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi

Timeline

1. Vergilius of SalzburgAD 700 – November 27, AD 784
2. Alcuincirca AD 740 – May 19, AD 804
3. Mashallah ibn Athari (this page)circa AD 740 – AD 815
4. Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī746–806
5. Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmicirca AD 780 – circa AD 850
6. Abu Ma'shar al-BalkhiAugust 10, AD 787 – AD 886

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