PersonAD 786 – AD 833
al-Mamun
Also called: al-Ma'mun
Seventh Abbasid caliph (813–833), son of Harun al-Rashid, who expanded the House of Wisdom in Baghdad and sponsored the translation of Greek learning
Where they went
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In Abbasid Baghdad a great movement translated Greek, Persian and Indian learning into Arabic, and scholars such as al-Khwarizmi made major advances in mathematics and astronomy.
People who appear alongside
- al-KhwarizmiAD 780 – AD 850
Mathematician and astronomer of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad; the word “algebra” comes from the title of his book, and “algorithm” from his name
- Harun al-RashidAD 809
Fifth Abbasid caliph (786–809), under whom Baghdad reached its height; he often appears in the Thousand and One Nights
Themes this person appears in
- The Rise of the Islamic WorldAD 570 – 1055
From the revelation to Muhammad to the Seljuk entry into Baghdad — 450 years in which a new faith from Arabia built a civilisation stretching from Iberia to Central Asia and reached as far as Silla by sea