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 "id": "event/mamun-embassy-for-greek-books",
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 "slug": "mamun-embassy-for-greek-books",
 "label": {
  "ar": "بعثة المأمون في طلب كتب اليونان",
  "en": "Al-Ma'mun's embassy for the Greek books"
 },
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  "ar": "راسل المأمون ملك الروم يستأذنه في إنفاذ ما يختار من العلوم القديمة، فأخرج في طلبها الحجاج بن مطر وابن البطريق وسلماً صاحب بيت الحكمة {cite:duha-islam p. 426-427} {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim}.",
  "en": "Al-Maʾmūn wrote to the Byzantine king for leave to fetch the ancient sciences stored in his lands, and sent out for them al-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭar, Ibn al-Biṭrīq and Salm, master of the Bayt al-Ḥikma {cite:duha-islam p. 426-427} {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim}.",
  "ur": "مامون نے بازنطینی بادشاہ سے قدیم علوم کی کتابیں لینے کی اجازت چاہی اور حجاج ابن مطر، ابن البطریق اور بیت الحکمہ کے سردار سلم کو بھیجا {cite:duha-islam p. 426-427} {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim}."
 },
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   "source": "written for the Timeline Explorer House of Wisdom story from the cited sources",
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  "event/conquest-of-iqritish",
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