Yahya ibn Abi Mansur (), also called Bizist, son of Firuzan (; d. 830) was a senior Persian official from the Banu al-Munajjim family, who served as an astronomer and an astrologer at the court of Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun. Since his father Abu Mansur Aban was an astrologer in service of caliph al-Mansur, it can be concluded that Yahya spent his childhood in Baghdad. His first known position was as an astrologer for al-Fadl ibn Sahl, vizier of the caliph al-Ma'mun. After the assassination of al-Fadl, Yahya converted to Islam and adopted his Arabic name. He is associated with the House of Wisdom and is mentioned as a teacher of the Banu Musa. He died near Aleppo in 830 CE. References Sources (PDF version) Further reading 9th-century Iranian astronomers Astronomers of the medieval Islamic world Converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism People from Amol 830 deaths 9th-century astrologers 9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate