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Bolt, M. (2014). ҁAlī ibn ҁĪsā al-Asṭurlābī. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_38
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