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'''Sahl ibn Bishr al-Israili''', more commonly; '''Rabban al-Tabari''' often known as Zahel or Zael (c. 786–845 ?) was a [[Syriac Christian]] (sometimes reported as [[Jewish]])<ref name="Prioreschi2001">{{cite book|last=Prioreschi|first=Plinio|title=A History of Medicine: Byzantine and Islamic medicine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0IIpnov0BsC&pg=PA223|accessdate=29 December 2014|date=2001-01-01|publisher=Horatius Press|isbn=9781888456042|pages=223–}}</ref> [[astrologer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Issues/Magic_and_the_Supernatural/Practices_and_Beliefs/Astrology/Medieval.shtml?p=1|title=Astrology in Medieval Judaism - My Jewish Learning|accessdate=29 December 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229230854/http://www.myjewishlearning.com/beliefs/Issues/Magic_and_the_Supernatural/Practices_and_Beliefs/Astrology/Medieval.shtml?p=1|archivedate=29 December 2014|df=}}</ref> [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]] from [[Tabaristan]]. He was the father of [[Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari|Ali ibn Sahl]] the famous scientist and physician, who became a convert to Islam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/224348?sid=21105526010503&uid=3739256&uid=3739856&uid=2&uid=70&uid=2129&uid=4|title=Alî at-Tabarî's ``Paradise of Wisdom'', one of the oldest Arabic Compendiums of Medicine|work=[[JSTOR]]}}</ref>

== His works ==