patron · commissioner

al-Mansur

c. 714–775

Second Abbasid caliph, founder of Baghdad, and the ruler whose court received the Indian embassy of the early 770s. Astrology convinced him; the Arabic Sindhind was the result.

Crossings

c. 771–775 Brahmasphutasiddhanta , Sanskrit Arabic · commissioner · Baghdad probable

Sources

Gutas, Dimitri (1998). Greek Thought, Arabic Culture: The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early Abbasid Society.
Pingree, David (1970). The Fragments of the Works of al-Fazari.