Masha'allah ibn Atharī (c.740-d.815 AD) was an eighth century Persian Jewish astrologer and astronomer from the city of Basra (now located in modern day Iraq) who became the leading astrologer of the late 8th century. The Arabic phrase ma sha`a allah indicates acceptance of what God has ordained in terms of good or ill fortune that may befall a believer. His name is usually Latinized as Messala or Messahalla. The crater Messala on the Moon is named after him.

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  • Masha'allah ibn Atharī (c.740-d.815 AD) was an eighth century Persian Jewish astrologer and astronomer from the city of Basra (now located in modern day Iraq) who became the leading astrologer of the late 8th century. The Arabic phrase ma sha`a allah indicates acceptance of what God has ordained in terms of good or ill fortune that may befall a believer. His name is usually Latinized as Messala or Messahalla. The crater Messala on the Moon is named after him. As a young man he participated in the founding of Baghdad in 762 by working with a group of astrologers led by Naubakht the Persian to pick an electional horoscope for the founding of the city. He wrote over twenty works on astrology, which became authoritative in later centuries at first in the Middle East, and then in the West when horoscopic astrology was transmitted back to Europe beginning in the 12th century. Mashallah wrote works on Astral sympathies, otherwise known as astrology. The task of astrologers such as him and Naubakht was to optimize such influences. His real name was probably Manasseh or Jethro, and Latin translators named him Messahala (with many variants, as Messahalla Messala, Macellama, Macelarma, Messahalah). He flourished under the Caliph al-Mansur, and became one of the earliest astronomers and astrologers of the Islamic era. Science historian Donald Hill writes that Mashallah was originally from Khorasan. Of his over 20 works, few remain. Only one of his writings is still extant in its original Arabic, but there are many medieval Latin, Byzantine Greek and Hebrew translations. One of his most popular books in the Middle Ages was the De scientia motus orbis, translated by Gherardo Cremonese. Mashallah's treatise De mercibus (On Prices) is the oldest extant scientific work in Arabic. He also wrote treatises on Astrolabes (p 10). The De scientia motus orbis is probably the treatise called in Arabic "the twenty-seventh," printed in Nuremberg in 1501, 1549. The second edition, De elementis et orbibus coelestibus, contains 27 chapters. The De compositione et utilitate astrolabii was included in Gregor Reisch: Margarita phylosophica (ed. pr. , Freiburg, 1503; Suter says the text is included in the Basel edition of 1583). Other astronomical and astrological writings are quoted by Suter and Steinsehneider. An Irish astronomical tract also exists based in part on a medieval Latin version. Edited with preface, translation, and glossary, by Afaula Power (Irish Texts Society, vol. 14, 194 p. , 1914). The notable 12th century scholar and astrologer Abraham ibn Ezra translated two of Mashallah's astrological treatises into Hebrew: She'elot and Ḳadrut (Steinschneider, "Hebr. Uebers. " pp. 600-603). One work is available in English: On Reception, translated by Robert Hand from the Latin edition by Joachim Heller of Nuremberg in 1549.
  • Másáalláh ibn Aszari al-Baszri perzsiai zsidó családból származó zsidó asztrológus, al-Manszúr kalifa és utódai tanácsadója, a korai arab asztrológia egyik megteremtője és kiemelkedő alakja. Munkásságával nagy hatást gyakorolt közvetlen utókorára, a műveinek 12. századi fordításai révén pedig Messalla, Messahalla és hasonló néven az európai középkori asztrológia egyik meghatározó tekintélyévé vált. Róla nevezték el a Holdon található Messala-krátert.
  • Nativo della città di Basra (attualmente situata in Iraq): divenne uno dei maggiori astrologi dell'ottavo secolo. Il termine arabo ma sha`a allah significa che accetta ciò che Dio ha ordinato, sia nel bene che nel male. Il suo nome viene solitamente latinizzato come Messala o Messahalla.
  • マーシャーアッラー(Māshā' Allāh ibn Atharī 、740年頃 - 815年)は8世紀のペルシャで活躍したバスラ出身のユダヤ系の占星術者、天文学者、科学者である。占星術などに関する著書は12世紀に翻訳されヨーロッパにひろまった。 本名は ManassehかJethroであるとされる。アッバース朝第2代カリフ・マンスールの時代に活躍した。特に宮廷占星術師ナウバフトらとともにホロスコープを用い、アッバース朝の新首都バグダード建設の鍬入れ式の日取りを762年7月30日と採択したことでも有名である。 マーシャーアッラーはアラビア語で「神の心のままに」という意味である。20以上の著書のうちいくつかが残っている。多くの著書がラテン語やヘブライ語に訳された。有名な著書にクレモナのジェラルドによって訳されたDe scientia motus orbisなどがある。De mercibusはアラビア語で最古の科学書である。
  • Mashallah, voluit Masha'allah ibn Atharī, was een 8e eeuws Perzisch Joods astroloog en astronoom uit Basra. Hij werd de belangrijkste astroloog van zijn periode. De Arabische uitdrukking ma sha`a allah betekent aanvaarding van Gods wil inzake het goede of slechte lot dat iemand toevalt. Zijn naam wordt gewoonlijk gelatiniseerd als Messala of Messahalla. De krater Messala op de maan is naar hem genoemd.
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  • Masha'allah ibn Atharī (c.740-d.815 AD) was an eighth century Persian Jewish astrologer and astronomer from the city of Basra (now located in modern day Iraq) who became the leading astrologer of the late 8th century. The Arabic phrase ma sha`a allah indicates acceptance of what God has ordained in terms of good or ill fortune that may befall a believer. His name is usually Latinized as Messala or Messahalla. The crater Messala on the Moon is named after him.
  • Másáalláh ibn Aszari al-Baszri perzsiai zsidó családból származó zsidó asztrológus, al-Manszúr kalifa és utódai tanácsadója, a korai arab asztrológia egyik megteremtője és kiemelkedő alakja. Munkásságával nagy hatást gyakorolt közvetlen utókorára, a műveinek 12. századi fordításai révén pedig Messalla, Messahalla és hasonló néven az európai középkori asztrológia egyik meghatározó tekintélyévé vált.
  • Nativo della città di Basra (attualmente situata in Iraq): divenne uno dei maggiori astrologi dell'ottavo secolo. Il termine arabo ma sha`a allah significa che accetta ciò che Dio ha ordinato, sia nel bene che nel male. Il suo nome viene solitamente latinizzato come Messala o Messahalla.
  • Mashallah, voluit Masha'allah ibn Atharī, was een 8e eeuws Perzisch Joods astroloog en astronoom uit Basra. Hij werd de belangrijkste astroloog van zijn periode. De Arabische uitdrukking ma sha`a allah betekent aanvaarding van Gods wil inzake het goede of slechte lot dat iemand toevalt. Zijn naam wordt gewoonlijk gelatiniseerd als Messala of Messahalla. De krater Messala op de maan is naar hem genoemd.
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