Translation Movement of Hunayn ibn Ishaq

Name: Translation Movement of Hunayn ibn Ishaq
Start: 830
End: 873

Type Event Region West Asia Time 830–873

In the 9th century, the Syrian-born scholar Hunayn ibn Ishaq oversaw large-scale Arabic translations of Greek medical and philosophical texts in Bagh…

Timeline

830–850Baghdad · IraqSponsored by the caliphal court and the House of Wisdom, Hunayn organized translation teams in Baghdad, rendering Greek medical texts into Syriac and Arabic and establishing systematic translation workshops and editorial standards.
850–873Baghdad · IraqHunayn's team produced Arabic translations of a vast body of Greek medical works, including the complete works of Galen, and trained successor translators such as Ishaq ibn Hunayn, spreading Greek medical knowledge widely throughout the Islamic world.

Sources

Hunayn ibn Ishaq https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hunayn-ibn-Ishaq
Greek into Arabic: Natural Philosophy, Psychology and Theology — Dimitri Gutas (1998)