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English: Ursa minor, the lesser bear. (Constellations of the northern hemisphere). From Al-Sufi's Book of the Fixed Stars (Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib (al-thābitah)), a revision of Ptolemy's Almagest with Arabic star names and drawings of the constellations. Dated 1009-10 (A.H. 400). Shelfmark: MS. Marsh 144.
Date between 1009 and 1010
date QS:P,+1050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1009-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1010-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi  (903–986)  wikidata:Q11075 s:it:Autore:Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfi
 
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Azophi,
فارسی: عبدالرحمن صوفی
Description Persian astronomer, translator, mathematician, astrologer and poet
Date of birth/death 7 December 903 Edit this at Wikidata 25 May 986 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Ray Shiraz
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Isfahan Edit this at Wikidata
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