House of Wisdom

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cultural institution intellectual center library research institution translation institute

The House of Wisdom was a renowned intellectual center and library in Baghdad where scholars of the Islamic Golden Age translated, preserved, and advanced knowledge in fields such as science, philosophy, and medicine.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
House of Wisdom canonical 11
Bayt al-Hikma 5
House of Wisdom in Baghdad 5

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural institution ⓘ
intellectual center ⓘ
library ⓘ
research institution ⓘ
translation institute ⓘ
approximateFoundationDate late 8th century ⓘ
associatedEvent Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Baghdad (1258)
associatedWithCaliph Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
al-Ma'mun ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid dynasty
causeOfDestruction Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ
surface form: Mongol siege of Baghdad
city Baghdad ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
surface form: Iraq (historical region of Mesopotamia)
destructionDate 1258 ⓘ
disciplineAdvanced algebra ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy of Aristotle and Plato ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
expandedUnderRuleOf al-Ma'mun ⓘ
fieldOfWork alchemy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
geography ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
logic ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
science ⓘ
translation studies ⓘ
floruit 9th century ⓘ
foundedUnderRuleOf Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
function astronomical observation and calculation ⓘ
education of scholars ⓘ
philosophical inquiry ⓘ
preservation of manuscripts ⓘ
scientific research ⓘ
translation of foreign works into Arabic ⓘ
hasPart library of manuscripts ⓘ
observatory (associated under al-Ma'mun) ⓘ
translation bureau ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to preservation of classical Greek texts ⓘ
key institution of the Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
major center of translation movement into Arabic ⓘ
served as model for later libraries and academies ⓘ
influenced Latin translations movement ⓘ
development of universities in Europe ⓘ
medieval European science ⓘ
influencedBy Greek philosophical tradition ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic science

Indian mathematics and astronomy ⓘ
Persian scholarly traditions ⓘ
languageOfSources Greek ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
legacy bridge for transmission of knowledge from antiquity to medieval Europe ⓘ
symbol of Islamic scholarship and learning ⓘ
locatedIn Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
location Baghdad ⓘ
name House of Wisdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
nativeName House of Wisdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: بيت الحكمة
notableScholar Hunayn ibn Ishaq ⓘ
Qusta ibn Luqa ⓘ
Thabit ibn Qurra ⓘ
Yahya ibn Abi Mansur ⓘ
Al-Khwarizmi ⓘ
surface form: al-Khwarizmi

Al-Kindi ⓘ
surface form: al-Kindi
patron Harun al-Rashid ⓘ
al-Ma'mun ⓘ
purpose to collect knowledge from different cultures ⓘ
to support state administration with scientific expertise ⓘ
to translate and systematize scientific and philosophical works ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
status destroyed ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Abbasid Caliphate → hasPart → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → notableInstitution → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
Islamic world → hasHistoricInstitution → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Baghdad → historicallyKnownFor → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age → notableInstitution → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age → notableInstitution → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma (Baghdad)
House of Wisdom → name → House of Wisdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
House of Wisdom → nativeName → House of Wisdom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: بيت الحكمة
al-Ma'mun → patronage → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
al-Ma'mun → founded → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
Islamic astronomy → hasKeyInstitution → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Islamic mathematics → relatedTo → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom in Baghdad
Al-Kindi → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom in Baghdad
Al-Khwarizmi → employer → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Al-Khwarizmi → employer → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abbasid court in Baghdad
Jabir ibn Hayyan → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Hunayn ibn Ishaq → employer → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bayt al-Hikma
Hunayn ibn Ishaq → employer → House of Wisdom ⓘ
Hunayn ibn Ishaq → schoolTradition → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Graeco-Arabic translation movement
Thabit ibn Qurra → workedAt → House of Wisdom ⓘ
House of Knowledge (Dar al-Ilm) in Cairo → alsoKnownAs → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dār al-Ḥikma
Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom in Baghdad
Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom in Baghdad
Al-Farghani → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
De Gradibus (On Degrees) → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
subject surface form: De Gradibus
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom tradition
Zīj al-Sindhind → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Wisdom in Baghdad
Geber → associatedWith → House of Wisdom ⓘ