Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al‐Farisi

For other individuals bearing the same name, see al-Farisi.

Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Farisi (d. 1278/1279), an Islamic astronomer born in Aden. He is the author of al-Tuḥfa, which includes a treatise containing important information for the history of Islamic astronomy and its connection with the religion of Islam.^[1]

Notes

↑ Schmidl 2007.

References

Schmidl, Petra G. (2007). "Fārisī: Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al‐Fārisī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 357–9. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)

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