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"Al-Mudkhal al-Kabir ila Ilm al-Nujum" (The Great Introduction to the Science of the Stars), a book on astrology by Abu Ma'shar. In it he describes how each planet appears in different forms when it rises. 1
Al-Mas'udi cites it in the chapter on the ghoul and what appears in the deserts when the stars rise. 1
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 470
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Mudkhal al-Kabir ila 'Ilm al-Nujum”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/al-mudkhal-al-kabir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.