Abu'l-'Anbas Saymari Mohammad bin Eshaq bin Abi'l-'Anbas bin Al-Maghira bin Mahan[1] (Persian: ابوالعنباس صیمری; Arabic: أبو العنبس محمّد بن إسحاق بن إبراهيم الصيمري) was an Iranian astrologer, astronomer, poet and author. He was born in 213/828 in Kufa, and died in 275/889. He seems to have spent much of his time at the caliphal court from Motawakkel's reign (847 – 861) to Moʿtamed's (870 – 892). His great-great-grandfather's name, and his knowledge of the Sasanian astrologers Zaradūšt and Bozorjmehr, indicates that he was of Iranian origin.[citation needed]

Abu'l-'Anbas Saymari
ابوالعنباس صیمری
Born828
Died889
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsAstrology, poetry

List of known works

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  • Ketāb al-radd ʿala’l-monaǰǰemīn (Book of the Refutation of Astrologers), lost;
  • Ketāb aḥkām al-noǰūm (Book of Judgements of the Stars), lost;
  • Ketāb al-madḵal elā ṣanāʿat al-tanǰīm (Book of the Introduction to the Art of Astrology), perhaps identical with no. 5;
  • Ketāb al-mawālīd (Book of Nativities), lost;
  • Ketāb al-madḵal elā ʿelm al-noǰūm (Book of the Introduction to the Science of the Stars);
  • Ketāb fi’l-ḥesāb al-noǰūmī (Book on Stellar Computation);
  • Al-Zīǰ.

References

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Sources

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  • Pingree, David (2011). "Abu'l-ʿanbas Ṣaymarī". Encyclopædia Iranica.

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