Abu Ja'far ibn Habash
was a
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
astronomer. He was most likely a son of
Habash al-Hasib. Since his father died after 864 AD at the age of 100, it can be concluded that he was active in 3rd century AH (9th century AD). According to
Ibn Nadim and
Qifti, he wrote a book on
astrolabe
An astrolabe (; ; ) is an astronomy, astronomical list of astronomical instruments, instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and Model#Physical model, physical model of the visible celestial sphere, half-dome of the sky. It ...
, named ''al-ostorlab al-mosatah''.
References
9th-century Iranian astronomers
Astronomers of the medieval Islamic world
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