Albubather
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Abu Bakr al-Hassan ibn al-Khasib, also al-Khaseb, Albubather in Latin, was a Persian physician and astrologer of the 9th century. thumb|De nativitatibus, 1501
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It sits within the topics 9th-century deaths, 9th-century Iranian medical doctors and Medical doctors from the Abbasid Caliphate.
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- De nativitatibus
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- Abbasid Caliphate
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- Baghdad
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Abu Bakr al-Hassan ibn al-Khasib, also al-Khaseb, Albubather in Latin, was a Persian physician and astrologer of the 9th century. thumb|De nativitatibus, 1501
He wrote in Persian and Arabic and is best known for his work De nativitatibus which was translated into Latin by Canonicus Salio in Padua 1218, and was also translated into Hebrew. The first printed edition appeared in Venice in 1492, edited by Antonio Lauro, a Venetian prelate. It contains detailed descriptions of the influence of the planets, sun, moon and zodiac on a child throughout the gestation period, from physical characteristics to musical ability.
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