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The Translation Movement

حركة الترجمة

A trail through the great translation movement.

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Levant & Iraq
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5steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. Hunayn

    ابن إسحاق: شيخ المترجمين وطبيب الخلفاء.

    Hunayn ibn Ishaq · Baghdad

  2. Ishaq ibn Hunayn

    الابن يكمل: أرسطو وأفلاطون بعربية دقيقة.

    Ishaq Ibn Hunayn · Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom

  3. Bayt al-Hikma

    المأمون يفتح بيت الحكمة: أكاديمية بغداد.

    Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom · Baghdad

  4. Al-Kindi

    أول من فلسف اليونانية عربيًا.

    al-Kindi · الفارابي

  5. The harvest

    من الترجمة إلى الإبداع: قرن العلم.

    Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom · al-Khwarizmi

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Overview

A path through the great translation movement: Hunayn ibn Ishaq leads the transfer, his son Ishaq completes it, and the House of Wisdom pays the weight of books in gold.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Translation Movement”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-translation/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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