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==Life==
==Life==


His birthplace is contested among sources. According to [[Encyclopedia of Islam]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heidrun|first1=Eichner,|title=Al-Abharī, Athīr al-Dīn|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/al-abhari-athir-al-din-COM_26284?s.num=204&s.rows=100&s.start=200|publisher=Brill|accessdate=20 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> and [[Encyclopedia Islamica]],<ref name=islamica /> he was born in [[Abhar]], a small town between [[Qazvin]] and [[Zanjan, Iran|Zanjan]]. [[Encyclopedia Iranica]] mentions that he was born in [[Mosul]],{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}}<ref>http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abhari-samarqandi-air-al-din-d-1264-logician-mathematician-and-astronomer</ref> but according to [[Encyclopedia Islamica]], none of his oldest biographers mentioned Mosul as his birthplace.<ref name=islamica>{{cite web|title=Athir al-Din al-Abhari|url=http://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/publication/entryview/3937|website=Encyclopedia Islamica|publisher=[[CGIE]]|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> Beside the city of Abhar, his epithet al-Abharī could suggest that he or his ancestors originally stem from the [[Abhar]] tribe.{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}} He may have died of [[paralysis]] in [[Iranian Azerbaijan|Adharbayjan]].{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}}
His birthplace is contested among sources. According to [[Encyclopedia of Islam]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Heidrun|first1=Eichner|title=Al-Abharī, Athīr al-Dīn|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-3/al-abhari-athir-al-din-COM_26284?s.num=204&s.rows=100&s.start=200|publisher=Brill|accessdate=20 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> and [[Encyclopedia Islamica]],<ref name=islamica /> he was born in [[Abhar]], a small town between [[Qazvin]] and [[Zanjan, Iran|Zanjan]]. [[Encyclopedia Iranica]] mentions that he was born in [[Mosul]],{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}}<ref>http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abhari-samarqandi-air-al-din-d-1264-logician-mathematician-and-astronomer</ref> but according to [[Encyclopedia Islamica]], none of his oldest biographers mentioned Mosul as his birthplace.<ref name=islamica>{{cite web|title=Athir al-Din al-Abhari|url=http://www.cgie.org.ir/fa/publication/entryview/3937|website=Encyclopedia Islamica|publisher=[[CGIE]]|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> Beside the city of Abhar, his epithet al-Abharī could suggest that he or his ancestors originally stem from the [[Abhar]] tribe.{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}} He may have died of [[paralysis]] in [[Iranian Azerbaijan|Adharbayjan]].{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}}


He is said to have been a student or teacher in various schools at [[Khurāsān]], [[Baghdad]], and [[Arbil]], living for some time in [[Sivas]].{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}} [[Ibn Khallikān]] reports that he was student of [[Kamāl al‐Dīn ibn Yūnus]], but other sources state that he worked as an assistant to [[Fakhr al‐Dīn al‐Rāzī]].
He is said to have been a student or teacher in various schools at [[Khurāsān]], [[Baghdad]], and [[Arbil]], living for some time in [[Sivas]].{{sfn|Sarıoğlu|2007}} [[Ibn Khallikān]] reports that he was student of [[Kamāl al‐Dīn ibn Yūnus]], but other sources state that he worked as an assistant to [[Fakhr al‐Dīn al‐Rāzī]].
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* {{cite journal|first=Edwin E.|last=Calverley|title=Al-Abharī's "Isāghūjī fi l-Manṭiq"|journal=Macdonald|paper=|year=1933}}
* {{cite journal|first=Edwin E.|last=Calverley|title=Al-Abharī's "Isāghūjī fi l-Manṭiq"|journal=Macdonald|paper=|year=1933}}
==External Links==


==External links==
* [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b11004515t/f1.image Isagoge of al-Ahbārī with Latin translation and a theological treatise by Thomas Obicini] (Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France).
* [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b11004515t/f1.image Isagoge of al-Ahbārī with Latin translation and a theological treatise by Thomas Obicini] (Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France).


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Al-Abhārī
Died1262–1265
Academic background
InfluencesKamāl al‐Dīn ibn Yūnus, Fakhr al‐Dīn al‐Rāzī, Kūshyār ibn Labbān, Jābir ibn Aflaḥ
Academic work
EraIslamic Golden Age
Main interestsAstronomy, Mathematics, Philosophy
InfluencedIbn Khallikān, al‐Kātibī, Shams al‐Dīn al‐Iṣfahānī, al-Samarqandī, al‐Qazwīnī, Naṣīr al‐Dīn al-Ṭūsī.[1]

Athīr al‐Dīn al‐Mufaḍḍal ibn ʿUmar ibn al‐Mufaḍḍal al‐Samarqandī al‐Abharī, also known as Athīr al‐Dīn al‐Munajjim (d. in 1265 or 1262[2] Shabestar, Iran)[1] was a philosopher, astronomer, astrologer and mathematician. Other than his influential writings, he had many famous disciples.

Life

His birthplace is contested among sources. According to Encyclopedia of Islam[3] and Encyclopedia Islamica,[4] he was born in Abhar, a small town between Qazvin and Zanjan. Encyclopedia Iranica mentions that he was born in Mosul,[1][5] but according to Encyclopedia Islamica, none of his oldest biographers mentioned Mosul as his birthplace.[4] Beside the city of Abhar, his epithet al-Abharī could suggest that he or his ancestors originally stem from the Abhar tribe.[1] He may have died of paralysis in Adharbayjan.[1]

He is said to have been a student or teacher in various schools at Khurāsān, Baghdad, and Arbil, living for some time in Sivas.[1] Ibn Khallikān reports that he was student of Kamāl al‐Dīn ibn Yūnus, but other sources state that he worked as an assistant to Fakhr al‐Dīn al‐Rāzī.

Works

Astronomy
  • Risāla fī al‐hayʾa (Treatise on astronomy).
  • Mukhtaṣar fī al‐hayʾa (Epitome on astronomy).
  • Kashf al‐ḥaqāʾiq fī taḥrīr al‐daqāʾiq, where he accepts the view that the celestial bodies do not change and maintains that stars have volition and it is the source of their motion.[1]
Mathematics
Philosophy
  • Kitāb al-Hidāyah (Guide on Philosophy): a book dealing with the complete cycle of Hikmat, i.e., logic, natural philosophy, and metaphysics.
  • Isāghūjī fi al-Manṭiq (Commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge), a treatise on logic. Latin Translation by Thomas Obicini; Īsāghūkhī, Isagoge. Id est, breve Introductorium Arabicum in Scientiam Logices: cum versione latina: ac theses Sanctae Fidei. R. P. F. Thomae Novariensis (1625).

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Sarıoğlu 2007.
  2. ^ according to Barhebraeus
  3. ^ Heidrun, Eichner. "Al-Abharī, Athīr al-Dīn". Brill. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Athir al-Din al-Abhari". Encyclopedia Islamica. CGIE. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ^ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/abhari-samarqandi-air-al-din-d-1264-logician-mathematician-and-astronomer

References

Further reading

  • Calverley, Edwin E. (1933). "Al-Abharī's "Isāghūjī fi l-Manṭiq"". Macdonald. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |paper= (help)

External links