Hunayn ibn Ishaq
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Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi was an influential Iraqi Arab Church of the East Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group o
Iluminure from the Hunayn ibn-Ishaq al-'Ibadi manuscript of the Isagoge
The eye according to Hunain ibn Ishaq. From a "Book of the Ten Treatises of the Eye" manuscript dated c. 1200.
House of Wisdom
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The House of Wisdom, also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, was a major Abbasid-era public academy and intellectual center in Baghdad. In popular reference, it acted as one of the world's largest
Hunayn ibn Ishaq
…which enabled him to translate Greek texts into Syriac and Arabic. The Abbasid Caliph al-Mamun noticed Hunayn's talents and placed him in charge of the House of Wisdom, the Bayt al Hikmah. The House of Wisdom was an institution where Greek works were translated and made available to scholars. (At least one scholar has…
Scholars at the Abbasid library (Maqamat al-Hariri) Illustration by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti, 1237
The earliest scientific manuscripts originated in the Abbasid era
Physicians employing a surgical method. From Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu's Imperial Surgery (1465)
Hulagu Khan's siege of Baghdad (1258)