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Translation into Latin of a work of Albumasar De Magnis Coniunctionibus ("Of the great conjunctions"), Venice, 1515.
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Abu Ma'shar Al-Sindi (Arabic) ابو ماشرالسندي (d.170 A.H.) : Was the Arabic Scholars to Hadith Literature(8th century Hijra) from Sindh now the part of Pakistan. is described by some historians and chroniclers as a pioneer in the compilation of Hadith. Another notable scholar of Hadith, who was a contemporary of Rabi 'ibn Sabih, was Abu Ma'shar Sindhi

Life and work

Arab rule produced men of note in Sindh, and some of them achieved fame and distinction in Damascus and Baghdad. One of them, Abu Ma'shar Sindhi. He described some historians and chroniclers as a pioneer in the compilation of Hadith.

Abu Maashar Sindhi was Muslim world’s noted scholar of ‘seerat’ and ‘fiqh’. He lived at Medina for a number of years and later shifted to Baghdad where he died. He was a very respected figure in fact, the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi led the funeral prayers.

His son Abu Abdul Malik Sindi was also an eminent scholar and had settled down in Baghdad. Haflz Abu Mohamniad Khalaf bin Salem Sindi who was a ‘hadees’ scholar bad migrated from Sindh to Iraq where he attained fame.

External references

  • The new encyclopedia of Islam
  • Arab kingdom of al-Mansurah in Sind‎ - Page 145
  • Influence of Islam on Hindi literature‎ - Page 8
  • The Voice of Islam‎ - Page 96
  • History of India and Pakistan, Volume 2‎ - Page 34
  • The contribution of Indo-Pakistan to Arabic literature, from ancient times ...‎ - Page 12
  • History of Muslim civilization in India and Pakistan: a political and ...‎ - Page 49
  • Education in Sind: past and present‎ - Page 73
  • Islamic and comparative law quarterly‎ - Page 115
  • Islamic culture: the Hyderabad quarterly review‎ - Page 21


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  1. http://www.iosminaret.org/vol-1/issue11/maulana_habib.php
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