Al-Fazari
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AL-FAZARI
before 800 A.D. Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Fazari, an astronomer, allegedly wrote K. az-zij (Astronomical Tables), of which only fragments have been preserved: Mas'udi, Muruj, IV, pp. 37-40; Al-Bakri, K. al-mamalik, MS 2216, Bibl. Nat. Paris), p. 11.
T.: MC 510 v A: 1
The territory of the Beja ('amal al-buja) is two-hundred parasangs by eighty.
The territory of the Nuba ('amal an-nuba) under the
rule of the Najashi is one thousand and five hundred
parasangs by four hundred, and the territory of the Zanj,
to the east, is seven thousand and six-hundred parasangs
by five hundred. (MC fol. 510 v).
