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Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi born 10 August (787 and died 9 March 886), also known as Albumasar, Abu Ma'shar, Albumazar, al-Falaki and Balkhi, was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer from Balkh, in today's Afghanistan. He was a student of al-Kindi.
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