Mūsā ibn Shākir
Musa bin Shakir (Arabic: موسى بن شاكر) is the father of the Banu Musa ("Sons of Musa"), the renowned 9th-century scholars of Baghdad. Earlier in life, he had been a highwayman and astronomer in Khorasan was Persian.[1] After befriending al-Maʾmūn, who was then a governor of Khorasan and staying in Marw, Musa was employed as an astrologer and astronomer. When he died, he left his three sons in the custody of Al-Ma'mun.[2]
See also[]
- Banu Musa
- List of Iranian scientists and scholars
References[]
- ^ Gutas, Dimitri (1998-07-23). Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 0415061334.
- ^ Pingree, D. (1988). "Banū Mūsā". Encyclopædia Iranica.
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