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ABŪ MANṢŪR ṬŪSĪ
D. Pingree
mathematician.
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ABŪ MAʿŠAR
D. Pingree
astronomer and astrologer, born in Balḵ on 20 Ṣafar 171/10 August 787.
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ABŪ MOSLEM EṢFAHĀNĪ
Wilferd Madelung
secretary, official, man of letters, and Muʿtazilite Koran commentator, b. 254/868, probably in Isfahan.
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ABŪ MOSLEM ḴORĀSĀNĪ
Ḡ. Ḥ. Yūsofī
prominent leader in the ʿAbbasid cause.
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ABŪ MOṬĪʿ AL-BALḴĪ
L. A. Giffen
faqīh, judge, and traditionist, disciple of Abū Ḥanīfa, died 183/799 in Balḵ.
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ABŪ MŪSĀ AŠʿARĪ
G. R. Hawting
a Companion of the Prophet and important participant in the troubles which occupied the caliphate of ʿAlī.
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ABU MUSĀ i - ii
E. Ehlers
island in the Persian Gulf.
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ABU MUSĀ iii
Guive Mirfendereski
(Bu Musā), a small island in the eastern Persian Gulf (25°52′ N, 55°2′ E).
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ABŪ MŪSĀ MORDĀR
J. van Ess
theologian and ascetic, early representative of the Baghdad branch of the Moʿtazela (d. 226/840-41).
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ABŪ NAṢR AḤMAD
C. E. Bosworth
Samanid amir in Transoxania and Khorasan (295-301/907-14).