Author: Abū Maʻshar
Alternate names: Abu Mashar; Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī; أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر البلخي; Albumasar.; Albumasar; Albusar; Albuxar; Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi; Abu Mashar.; Ja'far ibn Muhammad (Abū Mashar) al-Balkiī; Ja'far ibn Muhammad (Abu Ma'shar) al-Balkhi.; Abu Ma'shar.; Abū Ma'shar.; Abu Ma'shar; Abu Ma'sar Ga'far ben Muhammad ben 'Umar al-Balhi; Abu Ma'sar
Born: 787
Died: 886
Bio: Early Persian Muslim astrologer, thought to be the greatest astrologer of the Abbasid court in Baghdad.