Abū l-Ḥasan 'Alī ibn Abī l-Rijālal-Shaybani[1] (Arabic:أبو الحسن علي ابن أبي الرجال) (commonly known in European languages asHaly,Hali,Albohazen Haly filii Abenragel orHaly Abenragel, fromibn Rijal) was anArab[2]astrologer of the 10th to 11th century CE / 4th to 5th century AH best known for hisKitāb al-bāri' fī aḥkām an-nujūm.[3]
He was a court astrologer to theTunisian princeal-Mu'izz ibn Bâdis in the first half of the 11th century CE / 5th century AH. Haly died after 1037/428 inKairouan in what is now Tunisia.
HisKitāb al-bāri' fī aḥkām an-nujūm was translated byYehudā ben Moshe intoOld Castilian forAlfonso X of Castile in 1254 under the titleEl libro conplido en los iudizios de las estrellas ("The complete book on the judgment of thestars"). The only survivingmanuscript of the Old Castilian translation is MS 3065 at the National Library inMadrid, which however only contains 5 of the 8 books of the complete Old Castilian translation.[3] An edition created in 1523, created inVenice and presented in Latin, is held in theQatar National Library.[4]
In 1485 atVenice a complete copy of the Old Castilian manuscript was translated intoLatin and published byErhard Ratdolt asPraeclarissimus liber completus in judiciis astrorum ("The very famous complete book on the judgment of the stars"). This printing (and later Latin versions) is commonly known asDe iudiciis astrorum (orDe judiciis astrorum).[3]
HisTractatus de cometarum significationibus per xii signa zodiaci (Treatise on the Significations of Comets in the twelve Signs of the Zodiac) was printed in Nürnberg in 1563 as an addendum to Marcus Frytsch'sMeteororum, hoc est, impressionum aerearum et mirabilium naturæ operum, loci ferè omnes ... Item catalogus prodigiorum atque ostentorum, tam cœlo quam in terra ... omnia ab authore recognita et locupletata. (Tractatus Albohazenhalii, filii Abenragelis, de cometarum significationibus per XII. signa Zodiaci.)[5]
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