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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Overview

Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, author of "al-Fusul al-Thalathin". ²

Al-Mas'udi counts him among those who engaged in the sciences of the heavens. ²

His death and the content of his book need an additional source.

Sources

Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 519
Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.519

al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)

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islam.museum contributors. “al-Farghani”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-farghani/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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