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  "ar": "أبو القاسم ابن الصفار الأندلسي",
  "en": "Abu al-Qasim Ibn al-Saffar al-Andalusi",
  "ur": "ابو القاسم ابن الصفار اندلسی"
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  "ar": "رياضي وفلكي أندلسي من تلاميذ مسلمة المجريطي في قرطبة، انتقل إلى دانية، صاحب «تحفة الطلاب في العمل بالأسطرلاب» التي تُرجمت إلى اللاتينية نحو 1134م {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}.",
  "en": "Andalusian mathematician and astronomer, pupil of Maslama al-Majriti at Cordoba, who moved to Denia; author of Tuhfat al-tullab fi al-amal bil-asturlab, translated into Latin about 1134 {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}.",
  "ur": "اندلسی ریاضی دان اور ماہرِ فلکیات، قرطبہ میں مسلمہ المجریطی کے شاگرد، جو دانیہ منتقل ہوئے؛ «تحفۃ الطلاب فی العمل بالاسطرلاب» کے مصنف، جس کا تقریباً 1134ء میں لاطینی ترجمہ ہوا {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}۔"
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   "edtf": "1035",
   "hijri": "0426",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "debated",
   "note": "426/1035 in the Arabic sources per the Azhar catalogue, which notes al-Maqqari's mention of him later {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}.",
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   "edtf": "1035",
   "hijri": "0426",
   "calendar": "julian",
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   "status": "debated",
   "note": "426/1035 in the Arabic sources per the Azhar catalogue, which notes al-Maqqari's mention of him later {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}.",
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  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "source/bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 scan pp. 14",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو القاسم أحمد بن عبد الله بن عمر بن الصفار الأندلسي رياضي ومهندس وفلكي وطبيب، درس في قرطبة على مسلمة المجريطي، ثم هاجر إلى دانية وبقي بها حتى وفاته، ونبغ في الهندسة حتى لُقب بالمهندس، وقام بتجارب في رصد حركات النجوم. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته ومؤلفاته",
     "markdown": "تذكر المراجع العربية، بحسب الكتاب، أنه توفي سنة 426هـ/1035م، غير أن الكتاب يذكر أن المقري ذكره حيًا في سنة متأخرة عن ذلك، ويترجم له صاعد الأندلسي في «طبقات الأمم». {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14} ومن مؤلفاته زيج مختصر على مذهب السندهند، و«تحفة الطلاب في العمل بالأسطرلاب». {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar Ibn al-Saffar al-Andalusi was a mathematician, geometer, astronomer and physician who studied at Cordoba under Maslama al-Majriti, then moved to Denia and stayed there until his death; he excelled so much in geometry that he was called \"the geometer\", and made observations of the movements of the stars. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
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    {
     "heading": "Death and works",
     "markdown": "According to the book, the Arabic sources give his death as 426/1035, though it notes that al-Maqqari mentions him as alive at a later date, and Sa'id al-Andalusi includes him in *Tabaqat al-umam*. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14} His works include an abridged *zij* on the *Sindhind* system and *Tuhfat al-tullab fi al-amal bil-asturlab*. {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
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   "updated": "2026-11-04"
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  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو القاسم احمد بن عبد اللہ بن عمر ابن الصفار اندلسی ریاضی دان، مہندس، ماہرِ فلکیات اور طبیب تھے، جنہوں نے قرطبہ میں مسلمہ المجریطی سے پڑھا، پھر دانیہ ہجرت کی اور وفات تک وہیں رہے؛ ہندسہ میں ایسی مہارت پائی کہ «المہندس» کہلائے، اور ستاروں کی حرکات کے مشاہدے کیے۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات اور تصانیف",
     "markdown": "کتاب کے مطابق عربی مآخذ ان کی وفات 426ھ/1035ء بتاتے ہیں، اگرچہ کتاب لکھتی ہے کہ المقری انہیں بعد کی تاریخ میں زندہ ذکر کرتے ہیں، اور صاعد اندلسی نے «طبقات الامم» میں ان کا ترجمہ لکھا۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14} ان کی تصانیف میں سندہند کے طریقے پر ایک مختصر زیج اور «تحفۃ الطلاب فی العمل بالاسطرلاب» ہیں۔ {cite:bibalex-azhar-astronomy-manuscripts-2006 p. 14}"
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