Albumasar is the Latinised form of Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (b. 787 CE, d. 886 CE), thought to be the greatest astrologer of the ʿAbbāsid court in Baghdad.

BnF Latin 7330
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DAY 93

Another Assassin's Creed is coming in 2023, the new game will be called AC Mirage and will be Baghdad.
Well, I tried to draw the MC without paying much attention with the details and that was the result.

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2day, and for an exclusive screening, I’ll be showing an indie horror movie, written and directed by me, to the lovely people of Baghdad. Hosted by Iraqi Cinema.
If you happen to be in the show is at 5 PM today at Baghdad mall Harthiya

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“My grandma's name was Noor, it became Ora, and my grandpa was Saleh. She was from Basra and he was from Baghdad.” They left Iraq in the mass exodus of Jews in the 1940's -1950's, becoming Israeli citizens.
Historically rooted in a city two hours away from my home, the miracle

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The 37th anniversary of the Martyrdom of Comrades Yousip Toma, Youbert Benyamin, and Youkhana Esho in the prison of the dictatorial regime - February 3rd 1985, Abu Ghraib, Baghdad.
The march continues for a free, democratic Iraq in which the rights of our people are strengthened.

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Today's Arab character of the day is the Valkyrie demigod Samirah Al-Abbas from Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard! Her ancestors are from Baghdad.

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Now: “Rosa,” an essay by Saif Alsaegh, a US-based filmmaker from Baghdad.

https://t.co/ZcVw6VWzkw

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In 1957, Frank Lloyd Wright was commissioned by the king of Iraq to design a plan for greater Baghdad. His breathtakingly orientalist plans, as well as the Western modernist ideals they represented, were scrapped a year later as a result of the 14 July Revolution.

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'Ahmed Yusef, an Iraqi Messenger Boy.' Edward Bawden was something of a polymath in the art world and thought of himself as a designer, not an artist though he was a talented watercolourist. This picture is from 1942, painted while serving as a war artist in Baghdad.

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Tonight protesters in Nasiriyah city gives the Iraqi government one week to implement a nationwide referendum to elect a new Prime Minister for otherwise a million person march will happen next to the Green Zone area in

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In his book Taḥdīd al‐amākin, Bīrūnī mentions a lunar eclipse of 997 that he observed in Khwārizm, having arranged a simultaneous observation with Abū al‐Wafāʾ al‐Būzjānī who was residing in Baghdad. Bīrūnī's aim was to find the difference in longitude of the two cities.

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"Poised to join the company of...Pride of Baghdad." -

LEGEND, Vol. 1.

https://t.co/OcPLZejyks

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Hug the world.
Nice. Baghdad. Orlando. Istanbul. Syria. Kabul ....

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