House of Wisdom (Bayt Al Hikmah) Flashcards
Who laid foundation for learning centers?
Harun Al Rasheed in Baghdad
He was also known for Arabian nights (alf ula w ula)
Who built Library of Wisdom (Khizanal Al Hikmah)?
- Harun al Rasheed
- Built to store articles collected by his dad Al Mansur and his grandfather al ahdi
who did the translations?-
translator, scientists, scrives, authors, uniters and copyist
When did Al Ma’mun add more centers to it
when the empire along with the number of scholars working were increasing
Howa of House of wisdom detroyed?
- Mongols entered Baghdad
- ilarge number of books were either burnt or thrown into tigris
- According to legend, the water of tigris river became black due to the ink
Who rescued the manuscripts?
Nasir al-Din Tusi rescued 400k manuscripts that he took to Maragheh- Azerbaijan before the siege
Activities of Bayt al Hikmah
Tranlation of manuscripts from original language to Arabic
Most prominent translators
- Al kindi
- al khwarizmi
- thabit ibn qurra
- banu musa brothers
- hajjaj bin mattar
How did the Caliph (Al ma’mun) pay them?
he paid for each completed book in gold
In math, translation was done by
- Al hajjaj bin matar
- al turjman
3.hunayn ibn ishaq
- thabit ibn qurra
- ishaq bin hunayn
- sinan ibn thabit
Elements
- author -euclid
- trnaslator -Alh hajjaj bin yuud bin matr- Time of Harun al Raheed and AL mA’MUN
3, thabit ibn qurra - improved trnslations
Sphere and cylinder
- Archimedes
Ishaq bin Hunayn & Thabit ibn Qurra
The Conics
Appolonius- thabit ibn qurra
Almagest
- Ptolemy
- Thabhit ibn Qurra
Arithmetica
- Diophantus
2.Qusia bin luqa
What was the impact of the translation movement?
- gathered knowledge from india, greece, china and persia
- served as a bridge between these regions and europe
- they worked on collection of knowledge based off their own knowledge and own discoveries at bayt al hikmah
- bayt al hikmah was the birthplace and many math and science concepts
