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Sahl

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Physician, astrologer, and mathematician of the ninth century (c. 786-845 ?); father of the physician Ali ben Sahl. Sahl translated the "Almagest" of Ptolemy. Steinschneider identifies him with the celebrated Sahl ibn Bishr ("Zur Pseudepigraphischen Litteratur," p. 78).

Bibliography:
  • Steinschneider, Die Arabische Literatur der Juden, pp. 24, 31 et seq.;
  • Grätz, Gesch. 3d ed., 5:187-188;
  • Suter, Die Mathematiker und Astronomen der Araber und Ihre Werke, in Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik, ed. Mehmke and Cantor, supplement to the 45th year of publication, Leipsic, 1900.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Sahl'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​s/sahl.html. 1901.
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