Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Samsó, Julio

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1062783
Doc. NO	:	ALei3180
Main Entry	:	Samsó, Julio
Title & Author	:	Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Samsó, Julio
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,661 words)
Abstract	:	Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. ʿAbdallāh Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-Marwazī (fl. third/ninth century) was a brilliant mathematician (the name al-Ḥāsib means “the calculator”) and astronomer active during the period of the great blossoming of the sciences under the patronage of the ʿAbbāsids. Born in Merv, he lived in Baghdad, Damascus, and Samarrāʾ (sometime after the founding of the city in 221/836) during the reigns of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs al-Maʾmūn (198–218/813–33) and al-Muʿtaṣim (218–27/833–42). According to Ibn al-Nadīm ( al-
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei3180.pdf