Yahya ibn Abi Mansur
Iranian astronomer
Yahya ibn Abi Mansur
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یحیی ابن ابی منصور
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830
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Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Main interests | Astronomy , astrology |
Yahya ibn Abi Mansur ( Arabic : یحیی ابن ابی منصور ), also called Bizist, son of Firuzan ( Persian : بزیست فیروزان ; d. 830) was a senior Persian [1] official from the Banu al-Munajjim family, who served as an astronomer and an astrologer at the court of Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun . Since his father Abu Mansur Aban was an astrologer in service of caliph al-Mansur , it can be concluded that Yahya spent his childhood in Baghdad . [ citation needed ]
Yahya ibn Abi Mansur's first known position was as an astrologer for al-Fadl ibn Sahl , vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun. After the assassination of al-Fadl, Yahya converted to Islam and adopted his Arabic name. He is associated with the House of Wisdom , and is mentioned as a teacher of the Banu Musa . He died near Aleppo in 830. [ citation needed ]
References
Sources
- Van Dalen, Benno (2007). "Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr: Abū ʿAlī Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr al‐Munajjim". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . Springer. pp. 1249–1250. doi : 10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1433 . ISBN 978-1-4419-9918-4 . ( PDF version )
Further reading
- Karamati, Younes; Umar, Suheyl (2013). "Banū al-Munajjim" . " Encyclopaedia Islamica . Leiden and New York: BRILL. ISBN 9789004246911 .
- Pingree, D. "Banū Monajjem" . Encyclopaedia Iranica . Columbia University . Retrieved 14 February 2014 .
- Vernet, J (1970–80). "Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr" . Dictionary of Scientific Biography . New York: Charles Scribner's Sons . ISBN 0-684-10114-9 .
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