Al-Mamun, Caliph · Patron of the House of Wisdom: Ruler in Islamic History

Ruler

RulerCaliph · Patron of the House of Wisdom

Al-Mamunالمأمون

Ruled 813–833Baghdad

A scholar-caliph who sponsored translation and science, and also began the Mihna.

He gathered scholars in Baghdad's House of Wisdom, where Greek, Persian and Indian works were translated and al-Khwarizmi wrote on algebra. In 833 he began the Mihna, forcing scholars to say the Quran was created; Ahmad ibn Hanbal refused.

Who came before and after?

Al-Amin Al-Mutasim

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

Abbasid Caliphate Baghdad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Al-Khwarizmi Al-Kindi Banu Musa Al-Waqidi

Who lived at the same time?

Ziyadat Allah I Idris II Al-Amin Al-Hakam I Abd al-Rahman II Al-Mutasim Charlemagne Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Source: history · Wikipedia

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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.