LC control no. | nb2011029113 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Theophilus, of Edessa, 695-785 |
Variant(s) | Thawafil, 695-785 Theophilus ibn Tuma, 695-785 Theophilos, of Edessa, 695-785 |
Biography/History note | Astrologer, historian, and translator. He was chief astrologer to the Caliph al-Mahdī in Baghdad, and he wrote Arabic treatises on astrology, a book on military forecasts, and translations from Greek into Syriac. |
Birth date | 0695 |
Death date | 0785 |
Profession or occupation | Translators Historians Astrologers |
Found in | Theophilus of Edessa's chronicle and the circulation of historical knowledge in late antiquity and early Islam, 2011: back cover (astrologer in the court of the Muslim caliphs from the 750s to the 780s) Wikipedia, 8 Nov. 2011: Theophilus of Edessa page (Theophilus of Edessa (695-785 CE), also known as Theophilus ibn Tuma and Thawafil ; Greek medieval astrologer and scholar in Mesopotamia) "Theophilus of Edessa," The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (online), viewed on September 5, 2024 ("Syriac astrologer, historian, and trilingual translator"; chief astrologer to the Caliph al-Mahdī (775-85) in Baghdad; wrote several treatises in Arabic on astrology, and a book on military forecasts, translations from Greek into Syriac) <https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198662778.001.0001/acref-9780198662778-e-4713> |
Associated language | ara syc grc |