Ibn al-A'lam
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Arab astronomer and astrologer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 'Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn Abū l-Qasim al-'Alawi Ashraf|al-Sharif al-Husayni ,, , was a 10th-century Islamic astronomer and astrologer. Little is known about Ibn al-A'lam's life, and his birth date has not been established by historians. He seems to have been one of the most prominent astronomers of the 10th century, demonstrated by the impact he had on Islamic and Byzantine astronomy. He appears to have been active in Baghdad, working under the patronage of its Buyid ruler, 'Adud al-Dawla . His Nisba "al-Alawi al-Sharif" indicates that he was a Sharif and a descendant of Ja’far al-Tayyar.
