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Ptolemy, author of the "Almagest" and the "Geography", in which he counted four thousand two hundred cities. Al-Mas'udi mentions him among the first who advanced in the sciences of the heavens before those who came after Islam. 2
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- 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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