patron

al-Ma'mun المأمون

786–833

Seventh Abbasid caliph and the translation movement's most famous patron. Al-Khwarizmi dedicated the algebra to him; al-Hajjaj made his second Euclid and his Almagest under him. Later legend inflated his library into a formal academy.

Crossings

c. 813–833 Elements , Arabic Arabic · patron · Baghdad attested
827–828 Almagest , Greek Arabic · patron · Baghdad attested

Sources

Gutas, Dimitri (1998). Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society.