Mamun, al- (Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Mamun) (mäm
n`), 786–833, 7th Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside
..... Click the link for more information. caliph (813–33); son of Harun al-Rashid Harun al-Rashid (härn är-räshēd`) [Arab.
..... Click the link for more information. . He succeeded his brother al-Amin after a bitter civil war, but was unable to enter Baghdad until 819. He was himself one of the Mutazilites, holding that the Qur'an was created in time, i.e., that it was not an uncreated eternal existent. He persecuted the orthodox bitterly. Al-Mamun's reign was one of great cultural achievement, and he was especially interested in the work of scientists, particularly of those who knew Greek. He established (830) in Baghdad the House of Wisdom, an institution that translated Greek works into Arabic.
n`), 786–833, 7th Abbasid Abbasid (əbă`sĭd, ă`bəsĭd) or Abbaside..... Click the link for more information. caliph (813–33); son of Harun al-Rashid Harun al-Rashid (här
n är-räshēd`) [Arab...... Click the link for more information. . He succeeded his brother al-Amin after a bitter civil war, but was unable to enter Baghdad until 819. He was himself one of the Mutazilites, holding that the Qur'an was created in time, i.e., that it was not an uncreated eternal existent. He persecuted the orthodox bitterly. Al-Mamun's reign was one of great cultural achievement, and he was especially interested in the work of scientists, particularly of those who knew Greek. He established (830) in Baghdad the House of Wisdom, an institution that translated Greek works into Arabic.
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