# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/musa-ibn-shakir
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:18:20.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/musa-ibn-shakir"
name: "Mūsā ibn Shākir"
slug: "musa-ibn-shakir"
description: "Mūsā ibn Shākir was the father of the three Banū Mūsā brothers, the renowned 9th-century scholars of Baghdad. Earlier in life, he had been a highwayman and astronomer in Khorasan and was a Persian. After befriending al-Maʾmūn, who was then a governor of Khorasan and staying in Marw, Musa was employed as an astrologer and astronomer. When he died, he left his three sons in the custody of Al-Ma'mun."
tagline: "Iranian mathematician and astronomer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "750"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             4.512534818941504
  historical:           6.818756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "موسیٰ ابن شاکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موسى بن شاكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%ABs%C4%81_ibn_Sh%C4%81kir"
    title: "Mūsā ibn Shākir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موسی بن شاکر خراسانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Муса ибн Шакир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_ibn_%C5%A0akir"
    title: "Musa ibn Šakir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musa_ibn_%C5%A0akir"
    title: "Musa ibn Šakir"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%AF%D1%81%D0%BE_%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Мӯсо ибни Шокир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump