Ibn al-Muqaffa

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1. c. 720–740Gorgan · KhorasanBorn into a Persian noble family in Gorgan, Khorasan, originally named Rozbih, he received Persian cultural and administrative training in childhood, later converting to Islam and taking the name Abdullah ibn al-Muqaffa.
2. c. 740–756Basra · BasraEngaged in translation and writing in Basra, rendering Persian classics such as Kalila and Dimna into elegant Arabic, and composing works on kingship, the ethics of ministers, and administrative systems, providing intellectual resources for Abbasid political culture.