Thabit b. Qurra — ܬܐܒܬ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܗ
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Thabit b. Qurra; Thābit b. Qurra; ܬܐܒܬ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܗ
identifier: http://syriaca.org/person/777
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/SRP|person_777
identifier: http://viaf.org/viaf/55563658
Abū al-Ḥasan Thābit b. Qurra b. Marwān al-Ṣābī al-Ḥarrānī, the most famous of the ‘Ṣābian’ scholars from the Abbasid period, is one of the few non-Christian authors known by name who composed works in Syriac.
birth: 826?
death: 901
state: Author
H. Takahashi Thābit b. Qurra The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 399-400 399-400