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  "ar": "المنجم والفلكي أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد البلخي، إمام وقته في فنّه، نسبةً إلى بلخ في خراسان، توفي سنة 272هـ (886م).",
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   "generated_by": "Devin; Mawsuat A'lam vol 4 pp. 34-35, lib-mawsuat-a3lam"
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   "source": "موسوعة أعلام العلماء والأدباء (أليكسو/دار الجيل 2004) ج4 ص34",
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     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو معشر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر البلخي منجم وفلكي، نسبته إلى بلخ في خراسان. تصفه الموسوعة بأنه إمام وقته في فنه، وتذكر وفاته سنة 272هـ (886م). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.34-35}"
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    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu Ma'shar Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Balkhi, an astrologer and astronomer, whose nisba refers to Balkh in Khurasan. The encyclopaedia describes him as the leading authority of his age in his field, and gives his death as 272 AH (886 CE). {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.34-35}"
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو معشر جعفر بن محمد بن عمر البلخی ستارہ شناس اور ماہر فلکیات تھے، جن کی نسبت خراسان کے شہر بلخ سے ہے۔ انسائیکلوپیڈیا انہیں اپنے فن میں اپنے زمانے کا امام قرار دیتا ہے، اور ان کی وفات 272ھ (886ء) بتاتا ہے۔ {cite:mawsuat-a3lam-ulama-adaba p.34-35}"
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     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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