Yahya ibn Abi Mansur

Yahya ibn Abi Mansur (Arabic: یحیی ابن ابی منصور), also called Bizist, son of Firuzan (Persian: بزیست فیروزان; d. 830) was a senior Persian^[1] official from the Banu al-Munajjim family, who served as an astronomer and an astrologer at the court of Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. Since his father Abu Mansur Aban was an astrologer in service of caliph al-Mansur, it can be concluded that Yahya spent his childhood in Baghdad.

Yahya ibn Abi Mansur's first known position was as an astrologer for al-Fadl ibn Sahl, vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun. After the assassination of al-Fadl, Yahya converted to Islam and adopted his Arabic name. He is associated with the House of Wisdom, and is mentioned as a teacher of the Banu Musa. He died near Aleppo in 830.

References

Sources

• Van Dalen, Benno (2007). "Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr: Abū ʿAlī Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr al‐Munajjim". In Hockey, Thomas; et al. (eds.). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer. pp. 1249–1250. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_1433. ISBN 978-1-4419-9918-4. (PDF version)

Further reading

• Karamati, Younes; Umar, Suheyl (2013). "Banū al-Munajjim". " Encyclopaedia Islamica. Leiden and New York: BRILL. ISBN 9789004246911.
• Pingree, D. "Banū Monajjem". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Columbia University. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
• Vernet, J (1970–80). "Yaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.