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" al-Kharaqī, Abū Bakr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Langermann, Y. Tzvi
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English
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1060226
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ALei623
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Langermann, Y. Tzvi
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al-Kharaqī, Abū Bakr - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Langermann, Y. Tzvi
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Leiden: Brill
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Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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(772 words)
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Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Kharaqī (d. 553/1158–9) was a mathematician, astronomer, and well-rounded scholar of Persian origin, probably from Kharaq (or Khiraq), near Marw, to which city he was summoned by the Khwārazmshāh (either Quṭb al-Dīn Muḥammad, r. 490–521/1097–1127, or his son Atsïz, r. 521–51/1127–56). Ghalandari has established that he died in 553/1158–9; he has been confused or identified with a contemporary, Shams al-Dīn al-Kharaqī (d. 533/1138–9). Al-Kharaqī
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Islam.
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ALei623.pdf
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