Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
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Persian astrologer and philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Abu Ma‘shar al-Balkhi, Latinized as Albumasar , was an early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad. While he was not a major innovator, his practical manuals for training astrologers profoundly influenced Muslim intellectual history and, through translations, that of western Europe and Byzantium.
