Omar Tiberiades
Persian astrologer
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| Intro | Persian astrologer | |
| Places | Iraq | |
| Architect Astronomer Astrologer Philosopher Linguist Translator | ||
| Work field | Engineering Literature Philosophy Science Social science | |
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| Religion: | Islam | |
| Birth | 762, Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq | |
| Death | 1 January 815 |
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Omar Tiberiades or Abû Hafs 'Umar ibn Farrukhân Tabarî (d. ca. 815), (Persian ابن فرخان طبری) was a Persian astrologer and architect.
Around the year 800 he translated the Middle Persian version of Dorotheus's Pentateuch (five books) into Arabic. A Latin translation of his book was often quoted by Western astrologers.