Corpus of Arabic Scientific Works

Timeline

1. c. 900–930Baghdad · IraqInstitutions such as the House of Wisdom continued the Arabic translation of Greek, Syriac, and Persian works, forming a manuscript tradition with commentaries and chapter systems; astronomical and medical texts were especially abundant.
2. c. 920–960Baghdad · IraqAl-Khwarizmi's algebraic tradition and Ptolemaic astronomy were systematized in an Arabic context; star tables, calendrical computation, and geometric proofs became independent bodies of disciplinary literature, with manuscripts circulating widely among scholars.
3. c. 950–990Rayy · IranThe clinical works and encyclopedic medical literature of scholars such as al-Razi took shape by the mid-10th century; knowledge of pharmacology, infectious diseases, and hospital management was compiled into an Arabic corpus suitable for teaching and citation.
4. c. 970–1000Baghdad · IraqScholars such as Ibn al-Haytham completed experimental works on optics around the turn of the century; Aristotelian philosophy and Islamic theological commentary coexisted, and the Arabic scientific corpus formed an interdisciplinary network of citations.