Yahya al-Khayyat al-Falaki Abu Ali Yahya ibn Ghalib
يحيى الخياط الفلكي أبو علي يحيى بن غالب
864 CE · 250 AH
Baghdadi astronomer and astrologer of the third century AH, a pupil of Masha'allah; died 250 AH (864 CE), though biographers differ on the date.
At a glance
- Roles
- Astronomer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ali Yahya ibn Ghalib ibn Muhammad al-Baghdadi al-Khayyat, known as Yahya al-Khayyat al-Falaki, an astronomer and astrologer of Baghdad from the third century AH. He was one of the students of Masha'allah. The encyclopedia Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' gives his death as 250 AH (864 CE), while the biographers differ on the date of his death 1.
The date of death needs an additional source.
People and things also explored
Qibla-finding by stars, winds, mountains and rivers· The seven climates· The earth's sphericity· The moon's night-litany· The planets' reign and the world's cycles· Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Muhammad ibn Muhammad· Al-Abhari, Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar· Al-Badi' al-Astarlabi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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