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Al-Kindi

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TraditionsAbu Ma'shar, Medieval Arabic/Persian
Source texts3
Documented rules4
Citations2

Biography

Al-Kindi is represented through Forty Chapters, a medieval Arabic/Persian source used by the corpus for interpretive-rule material.

Medieval Arabic/Persian author represented by Forty Chapters, used for medieval interpretive-rule material in the corpus.

The inventory boundary supports bibliography metadata, citation keys, locators, and source notes without exposing copyrighted passages.

The source-work metadata records an approximate ninth-century CE composition period and the Benjamin Dykes Cazimi Press edition.

This is not a full biography; it is an identity and source-work profile grounded in current corpus metadata.

Use this profile for the Forty Chapters source relationship and associated medieval rule context already tracked by citation keys.

Source basis

Al-Kindi is represented through Forty Chapters, a medieval Arabic/Persian source used by the corpus for interpretive-rule material.

Medieval Arabic/Persian author represented by Forty Chapters, used for medieval interpretive-rule material in the corpus.

The inventory boundary supports bibliography metadata, citation keys, locators, and source notes without exposing copyrighted passages.

The source-work metadata records an approximate ninth-century CE composition period and the Benjamin Dykes Cazimi Press edition.

This is not a full biography; it is an identity and source-work profile grounded in current corpus metadata.

Use this profile for the Forty Chapters source relationship and associated medieval rule context already tracked by citation keys.

Source texts

  • Al-Kindi, Forty Chapters, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2011). 1 citation.
  • Benjamin Dykes, Persian Nativities III, trans. Benjamin Dykes (2010). 1 citation.
  • Persian Nativities III: On Solar Revolutions, trans. Benjamin N. Dykes (2010). 8 citations.

Interpretive rules

Rules are included when they are directly assigned to this tradition or cite a source by this author.

Abu Ma'shar · timing

Abu Ma'shar firdaria initial subperiod

When the active firdaria subperiod is ruled by the same lord as the major period, the engine surfaces Abu Ma'shar's rule that the subdivision begins with the period lord itself.

Abu Ma'shar · timing

Abu Ma'shar firdaria major period

The active firdaria major lord can be surfaced as the current Persian period lord descending from the sect-light sequence.

Abu Ma'shar · timing

Abu Ma'shar firdaria node period

When a nodal firdaria period is active, the engine surfaces Abu Ma'shar's terminal Dragon's Head or Tail phase directly.

Abu Ma'shar · timing

Abu Ma'shar firdaria subperiod

The active firdaria sub-lord can be surfaced as the equal seventh-part subdivision of the current Persian period.

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