Hunayn

Hunayn ibn Ishaq al'Ibadi

Born: 808 in al-Hirah (near Baghdad now in Iraq)
Died: 873 in Baghdad (now in Iraq)

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Hunayn was a Christian who studied medicine in Baghdad and became an expert in the Greek language. He held the post of chief physician to the court of Caliph al-Mutawakkil for most of his life.

He was important for his translations of Greek texts into Arabic. In particular he translated Plato and Aristotle. These translations were spread widely through Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Hunayn ibn Ishaq. Collection d'articles publiée à l'occasion du onzième centenaire de sa mort, Arabica 21 (1975), 229-330. 
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