Māshāʾallāh ibn Atharī

Also found as Mashallah · Masha'allah

Early Abbasid astronomy, mentioned alongside al-Nahāwandī.

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 280 PDF p. 283Reading page

“…on the astrolabe were produced, the earliest by Masha'Allah 'Ali ibn 'Isa' and Al-Khwarizmi in the early ninth cent ury, while the earliest surviving Islamic instrument dates from the middle of the tenth…”

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Printed p. 316 PDF p. 319Biographical entry

“…. poli, Turkey; sea admiraL geogr apher, explorer, Masha'Allah 'Ali ibn 'Isa' (d. 815); Cairo, Egypt; and cartographer. astronomer and mathematician. Plato (427-347 B.C.E. ); Athens, Greece; philoso pher. Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti…”

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Encyclopaedia Iranica · Baghdad’s founding date

Reference note, paraphrased: David Pingree describes Masha’allah and Nawbakht selecting the moment for Baghdad’s foundation through astrology. The repeated archive statement that they designed the city is not established by this evidence. Distinguish historical astrological advice from architectural design and from scientifically demonstrated prediction.

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