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'''Omar Tiberiades''' or '''Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn Farrukhân Tabarî''' (d. ca. 815), ([[Persian language|Persian]] ابن فرخان طبری) was a [[Medieval Persia|Medieval]] [[Persian people|Persian]] [[astrologer]] and architect from [[Tabaristan]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Young|editor-first= M.J.L. |last1=Latham |first1=J.D. |last2=Serjeant|first2=R.B. |title=Religion, learning, and science in the ʻAbbasid period|date=2006|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521028875|page=293|edition=1 |quote=These Iranian astrologers include Nawbakht, Masha'allah b. Athari al-Basri and Abu Hafs ‘Umar b. al-Farrukhan al-Tabari}}</ref><ref name="Holden2006">{{cite book|author=Holden, James H.|title=A History of Horoscopic Astrology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9p1igGF3gpUC&pg=PA111|year=2006|publisher=American Federation of Astrologers |edition=Second|isbn=978-0-86690-463-6|page=111 |via=Google Books}}</ref>The historical Tabaristan region is in the present-day [[Mazandaran Province]] of northern Iran. |
'''Omar Tiberiades''' or '''Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn Farrukhân Tabarî''' (d. ca. 815), ([[Persian language|Persian]] ابن فرخان طبری) was a [[Medieval Persia|Medieval]] [[Persian people|Persian]] [[astrologer]] and architect from [[Tabaristan]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Young|editor-first= M.J.L. |last1=Latham |first1=J.D. |last2=Serjeant|first2=R.B. |title=Religion, learning, and science in the ʻAbbasid period|date=2006|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |location=Cambridge|isbn=9780521028875|page=293|edition=1 |quote=These Iranian astrologers include Nawbakht, Masha'allah b. Athari al-Basri and Abu Hafs ‘Umar b. al-Farrukhan al-Tabari}}</ref><ref name="Holden2006">{{cite book|author=Holden, James H.|title=A History of Horoscopic Astrology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9p1igGF3gpUC&pg=PA111|year=2006|publisher=American Federation of Astrologers |edition=Second|isbn=978-0-86690-463-6|page=111 |via=Google Books}}</ref> |
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The historical Tabaristan region is in the present-day [[Mazandaran Province]] of northern Iran. |
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he was thus one of those Persian scholars who made the early Abbasid court a center forthe translation of Pahlavi scientific texts into Arabic. He first appears on the scene as one of the group of astrologers, including Nawbakht, Māshā’allāh, and al-Fazārī, whom al-Mansūr asked to select an auspicious time for the foundation of [[Baghdad]], they chose 30 July 7621. |
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Revision as of 01:57, 4 March 2023
Omar Tiberiades or Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn Farrukhân Tabarî (d. ca. 815), (Persian ابن فرخان طبری) was a Medieval Persian astrologer and architect from Tabaristan.[1][2]
The historical Tabaristan region is in the present-day Mazandaran Province of northern Iran.
Works
Around the year 800, Tiberiades translated the Middle Persian version of the Pentateuch by Dorotheus of Sidon. He translated the five books into the Arabic language.[2]
A Latin translation of his book was often quoted by Western astrologers.
See also
References
- ^ Latham, J.D.; Serjeant, R.B. (2006). Young, M.J.L. (ed.). Religion, learning, and science in the ʻAbbasid period (1 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780521028875.
These Iranian astrologers include Nawbakht, Masha'allah b. Athari al-Basri and Abu Hafs 'Umar b. al-Farrukhan al-Tabari
- ^ a b Holden, James H. (2006). A History of Horoscopic Astrology (Second ed.). American Federation of Astrologers. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-86690-463-6 – via Google Books.
External links
- Pingree, David. "ʿUmar Ibn Al-Farrukhān Al-Ṭabarī". Encyclopedia.com.
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