Abu Ali al-Khayyat
Abu Ali al-Khayyat | |
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أبو علي الخياط | |
| Born | c. 770 |
| Died | c. 835 |
| Occupation | Astrologer |
Abu Ali al-Khayyat (
astrologer and a student of the astrologer and astronomer Mashallah ibn Athari
.
Al-Khayyat's Kitāb al-Mawālid was translated in 1136 and 1153, and was reprinted in Nuremberg in 1546. His Kitāb Sirr al-ʿamal appeared in the 12th century Book of Nine Judges.
Biography
Abu Ali al-Khayyat, known in the West as Albohali, was born in c. 770.
He died in c. 835.[1]
Works
Al-Khayyat's Kitāb al-Mawālid ("Book of Birth") was translated into Latin by
Johannes Hispalensis in 1153, the latter being printed in Nuremberg in 1546 under the title Albohali Arabis astrologi antiquissimi ac clarissimi de iudiciis nativitatum liber unus antehac non editus. Cum privilegio D. Iohanni Shonero concesso.[3]
Elements of his Kitāb Sirr al-ʿamal ("Book of the secret action"), were republished in the 12th century Book of Nine Judges, compiled by Hugo of Santalla. The material has been described as being largely taken from the work of Mashalla, but in several places borrowing from the work of the Persian astrologer Omar Tiberiades.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c Dykes 2011, p. 6.
- ^ van Donzel 1994, p. 24.
- ^ a b Houtsma 1987, p. 875.
Sources
- van Donzel, E. J. Van (1994). Islamic Desk Reference. Leiden: ISBN 978-90-04-09738-4.
- Dykes, Benjamin N. (2011). The Book of Nine Judges. Translated by Dykes, Benjamin N. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Cazimi Press. ISBN 978-19345-8-620-4.
- ISBN 978-90-04-08265-6.
Further reading
- Abu Ali Al-Khayyat; Yaḥyá ibn Ghālib Khayyāṭ (1988) [1546]. The Judgments of Nativities. Translated by Holden, James H. (2nd ed.). Tempe, Arizona: American Federation of Astrologers. ISBN 978-08669-0-339-4.
- Rosenfeld, B.A.; Ihsanoğlu, Ekmeleddin. Mathematician, Astronomers and other Scholars of Islamic Civilization and Their Work (7th - 19th c.). Istanbul: Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA). p. 21. ISBN 92-9063-127-9.
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