Bayt al-Ḥikma - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Bayt al-Ḥikma - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Gutas, Dimitri

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060988
Doc. NO	:	ALei1385
Main Entry	:	Gutas, Dimitri
	:	van Bladel, Kevin
Title & Author	:	Bayt al-Ḥikma - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Gutas, Dimitri
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(1,804 words)
Abstract	:	Bayt al-Ḥikma (“the House of Wisdom”) was the palace library of the early ʿAbbāsid caliphs, mentioned in the sources only in connection with al-Rashīd (r. 170–193/786–809) and al-Maʾmūn (r. 196–218/812–833). The idea, developed in twentieth-century scholarship, that the Bayt al-Ḥikma was a bureau for the large-scale translation of Greek books into Arabic, operating along the lines of a modern research institute or even a university, is entirely incorrect. While we have little information about the real nature of
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1385.pdf