Abu Zayd Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi
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Abu Zayd Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi was a prominent 9th-century Arab Christian physician, translator, and scholar renowned for his influential Arabic translations of Greek medical and philosophical works, especially those of Galen.
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| instanceOf |
9th-century physician
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Arab Christian ⓘ medieval writer ⓘ physician ⓘ scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Iraq
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al-Hira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 9th century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Bayt al-Hikma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Arabs
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surface form:
Arab
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| fieldOfWork |
Greek–Arabic translation movement
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medicine ⓘ ophthalmology ⓘ pharmacology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ translation ⓘ |
| fullName | Abu Zayd Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arabic philosophical terminology
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Islamic medicine ⓘ medieval European medicine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Galen
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Hippocrates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Arabic translations of Galen
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leadership in the Graeco-Arabic translation movement ⓘ standardizing medical terminology in Arabic ⓘ systematic translation of Greek medical texts into Arabic and Syriac ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Arabic
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Greek ⓘ Syriac ⓘ |
| name | Hunayn ibn Ishaq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Book of the Questions on Medicine
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Book of the Ten Treatises on the Eye NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Misuse of Food NERFINISHED ⓘ On the Properties of Foodstuffs NERFINISHED ⓘ Risala ila ‘Ali ibn Yahya fi dhikr ma tarjamahu min kutub Jalinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
physician
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scholar ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chief physician to the Abbasid caliphs
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leading translator at the House of Wisdom ⓘ |
| relative |
Hubaysh ibn al-Hasan al-A‘sami
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Ishaq ibn Hunayn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Church of the East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Yahya ibn Masawayh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedFromLanguage | Greek ⓘ |
| translatedIntoLanguage |
Arabic
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Syriac ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Abbasid court
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Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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