Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Farisi (d. 1278/1279), an Iranian^[1] Rasulid astronomer and astrologer born in Aden. He is the author of al-Tuḥfa, which includes a treatise containing important information for the history of Islamic astronomy and its connection with the religion of Islam.^[2]

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References

• Schmidl, Petra G. (2007). "Fārisī: Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Fārisī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. (eds.). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 357–9. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
• Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Fārisī and 8 works of Astrology, Astronomical Tables/zījes and Astronomy: General, on Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative

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