Ali ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi () was a

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scholar. His exact date of birth is unknown, but it is known that he flourished in the year 890.McGill University
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Works

Al-Hashimi's only known major work is the ''Kitāb fīʿilal al‐zījāt'' (Book of the reasons behind astronomical tables). The

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hashimi Astronomers of the medieval Islamic world 9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 9th-century scholars 9th-century astronomers 9th-century Arabs