Mashallah ibn Athari: The Astronomer Who Founded a Tradition
Mashallah ibn Athari (c. 740–815 CE), court astrologer to the Abbasid caliphs, was one of the founders of Islamic astrology. He helped elect the founding moment of Baghdad and authored seminal works on horary, mundane, and electional astrology. Synthesizing Greek, Persian, and Indian traditions, Mashallah transformed astrology into a disciplined science that bridged heaven and intellect.
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