What was the Bayt al-Hikma?

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The House of Wisdom was the library of Baghdad and the observatory of al-Ma'mun. It was the greatest scientific institution of its age, combining translation, authorship and observation in the third and fourth centuries AH. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

What was the Bayt al-Hikma?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas