HUNAYN IBN ISHAQ

BIRTH AND DEATH

Birth: 1/1/0808     Death: 1/1/0873

OCCUPATION

scientist

BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi was Arab Nestorian Christian an influential translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic Abbasid era, he worked with a group of translators, among whom were Abu Uthman al-Dimashqi, Ibn Musa al-Nawbakhti, and Thabit ibn Qurra, to translate books of philosophy and classical Greek and Persian texts into Arabic and Syriac.

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WHY THEY MATTER

Hunayn ibn Ishaq was intellectually unique and groundbreaking for his pivotal role in translating numerous works of philosophy, classical Greek, and Persian texts into Arabic and Syriac during the Islamic Abbasid era. His collaboration with a group of translators helped to preserve and disseminate knowledge from diverse intellectual traditions, contributing significantly to the intellectual flourishing of the era. As a scholar, physician, and scientist, Hunayn ibn Ishaq's multidisciplinary approach exemplified the rich cross-cultural exchange and synthesis of knowledge that characterized the Abbasid intellectual environment.

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