Ishaq Ibn Hunayn

Abu Ya'qub Ishaq ibn Hunayn, the son of Hunayn the translator. Ibn al-Nadim describes him as on a level with his father in merit and in the accuracy of translation from Greek and Syriac into Arabic, and says that he was more eloquent in Arabic than his father. He served caliphs and notables, and attached himself to al-Qasim ibn Ubaydallah. ²

Paralysis (falaj) struck him late in life, and he died of it in Rabi' al-Akhir 298 AH. Among his books are al-Adwiya al-Mufrada 'ala al-Huruf (Simple Medicines in Alphabetical Order), al-Kunnash al-Latif (The Pleasant Handbook) and Tarikh al-Atibba' (History of the Physicians). ²

He translated Euclid's book on the elements of geometry, which Thabit ibn Qurra of Harran revised. ³