MAMUN, AL-

(Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Mamun)mämoonˈ, 786–833, 7th Abbasid caliph (813–33); son of Harun al-Rashid. He succeeded his brother al-Amin after a bitter civil war, but was unable to enter Baghdad until 819. He was himself one of the Mutazilites, holding that the Qur'an was created in time, i.e., that it was not an uncreated eternal existent. He persecuted the orthodox bitterly. Al-Mamun's reign was one of great cultural achievement, and he was especially interested in the work of scientists, particularly of those who knew Greek. He established (830) in Baghdad the House of Wisdom, an institution that translated Greek works into Arabic.

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Classical Arabic Biography: The Heirs of the Prophets in the Age of Al-Mamun
Book by Michael Cooperson; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Islamic Empire--Biography--History And Criticism, Islamic Empire--Historiography, Literature And History--Islamic Empire
...138 , 146 , 178 as biographer of al-Mamun 53 54, 56 58, 61 , 68 Khidr, al...al- caliph 65 Majlis!, al- 75 Mamun, al- caliph 14 , 25 26, 67 69 accession...55 , 59 , 66 , 90 as biographer of al-Mamun 20 , 21 23, 41 , 49 52, 53 , 67...
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The Ocean of the Soul: Man, the World, and God in the Stories of Farid Al-Din 'Attar
Book by Hellmut Ritter, John O'Kane; Brill, 2003
Subjects: Attar, Farid Al-Din--D. Ca. 1230--Criticism And Interpretation
...possessions. Mamar (b. Rashid al-Azdi, traditionist, d. between...771.- Ibn Sad 5/397; Tahdhib al-TahdhTb 10/243-46): 282...against hulcil and ittihid 472. Mamun (son of Harun al-Rashid, Abbdsid caliph 198-218...
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The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization: Qudama B. Jafar and His Kitab Al-Kharaj Wa-Sina'At Al-Kitaba
Book by Paul L. Heck; Brill, 2002
Subjects: Civilization, Islamic, Classification, Encyclopedias And Dictionaries, Arabic, Islam And State--History--To 1500, Qudamah Ibn Ja'Far--D. 922?--Kitab Al-Kharaj
...Qudama narrates a story in which the secre- tary to al-Mamun, Ahmad b. Yusuf b. al-(Z,asim b. Subayb, has a dream which inspires...summarize our remarks on the grammatical category, al- Nahhas refined Ibn Qutaybas project and oriented...
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Reinterpreting Islamic Historiography: Harun Al-Rashid and the Narrative of the Abbasid Caliphate
Book by Tayeb El-Hibri; Cambridge University Press, 1999
Subjects: Harun Al-Rashid--Caliph--Ca. 763-809, Islamic Empire--History--750-1258--Historiography
...Sourdel, La Politique religieuse du Calife Abbaside al-Mamun, Revue dEtudes Islamiques 30 1962 , 27 48; F. Gabrieli, al-Mamun e gli Alidi Leipzig, 1929 . On the impact of the civil...
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Muslim Intellectual: A Study of Al-Ghazali
Book by W. Montgomery Watt; 1963
Subjects: Ghazz*Al?I--1058-1111
...philosophy? First of all there were the caliphs like al-Manur and al-Mamun. As they became aware of the "foreign sciences...new, exciting and in some ways "higher" culture. al-Mamun had as friends and advisers a group of Islamic theologians...
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journal articles on: Mamun Al  - 72 results

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The Impact of the Gramm-leach-bliley Act on the Financial Services Industry
Journal article by Abdullah Al Mamun, M. Kabir Hassan, Van Son Lai; Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 28, 2004
Subjects: Economic models, Economic theory, Financial services, Impact analysis, Legislation, Studies, United States
The Impact of the Gramm-leach-bliley Act on the Financial Services Industry by Abdullah Al Mamun , M. Kabir Hassan , Van Son Lai Introduction This study examines the impact of the Financial Services Modernization Act or the...
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The Association between School Performance at 14 Years and Young Adults' Use of Cannabis: an Australian Birth Cohort Study
Journal article by Mohammad R. Hayatbakhsh, Michael J. O'Callaghan, Konrad Jamrozik, Jake M. Najman, Abdullah A. Mamun, Rosa Alati, William Bor; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 38, 2008
Subjects: Academic achievement, Data collection, Drug use, Measurement errors, School dropouts, Secondary schools, Studies
...by children (Hawkins et al., 1992; Hayatbakhsh, Najman, Jamrozik, Mamun, Alati, 2006; King...years (Hayatbakhsh et al., 2006; Mamun, Lawlor, OCallaghan...the findings of MUSP (Mamun et al., 2005). When we used...
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Workers' Migration and Remittances in Bangladesh
Journal article by Khawaja A. Mamun, Hiranya K. Nath; Journal of Business Strategies, Vol. 27, 2010
Subjects: Bangladesh--Economic aspects, Emigrant remittances--Research, Migrant labor--Research, Poverty--Bangladesh, Poverty--Research
...docs/dhaka cp 6.pdf. Al Hasan, R. (2006). Harnessing...Washington: World Bank. Khawaja A. Mamun Sacred Heart University * Fairfield...Sketch of Authors Khawaja A. Mamun is an Assistant Professor of...Public Finance Review. Dr. Mamun is also the moderator of Bangladesh...
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Business Cycle and Aggregate Industry Mergers
Journal article by Srdan Komlenovic, Abdullah Mamun, Dev Mishra; Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 35, 2011
Subjects: Acquisitions & mergers, Aggregate industry, Business cycles, Studies
...by Srdan Komlenovic , Abdullah Mamun , Dev Mishra 1 Introduction Compared...1961; Gort 1969; Melicher et al. 1983; and Becketti 1986...and Mulherin 1996; Andrade et al. 2001; Andrade and Stafford...literature (e.g., Moeller et al. 2004), we exclude mergers...
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Ja'far Ibn 'Ali Al-Dimashqi on Community, Money, and Prudent Management in Trading and Spending: Four Excerpts from His Kitab Al-Isharat Ila Mahasin Al-Tijarat
Journal article by Adi Setia; Islam & Science, Vol. 9, 2011
Subjects: Expenditures, Islamic economics--Analysis, al-Dimashqi, Ja'far ibn 'All--Works
...measure hourly as well as average time (al-saat al-zamaniyya wa al-mutadila), and how to extract one time from another...of following the advice of the untrustworthy (ghayr al-mamun). One should not trust the words of the broker or...
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magazine articles on: Mamun Al  - 13 results

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Aaug Conference, Meeting in Beirut, Hears from Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Al-hoss
Magazine article by Betsy Barlow; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XIX, September 2000
Subjects: Al-Hoss, Salim, Childrens literature, Government, International relations, Lebanon, Literature
...From Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss Betsy Barlow is the program...conferees heard from Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss, who pinned stability in the...the ninth century under the Caliph al-Mamun. Through an intriguing story we are...
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The True Caliph of the Arabian Nights: Hugh Kennedy Examines the Life of One of the Most Powerful Men in the World in the Eighth Century
Magazine article by Hugh Kennedy; History Today, Vol. 54, September 2004
Subjects: Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--6th-10th century AD, Abbasid dynasty, 750-1258--History, Arabian Nights (Folk tale)--History, Caliphs--6th-10th century AD, Caliphs--Behavior, Caliphs--History, Caliphs--Public opinion, Folk literature--6th-10th century AD, Folk literature--History, Folklore--6th-10th century AD, Folklore--History, Iraq--Economic aspects, Iraq--History, Iraq--Political aspects, Iraq--Social aspects, Middle East--Economic aspects, Middle East--History, Middle East--Political aspects, Middle East--Social aspects, al-Rashid, Harun--Behavior, al-Rashid, Harun--History, al-Rashid, Harun--Public opinion
...architecture and it was his son and eventual successor al-Mamun (813-833) who fully established the reputation...had singled out as his successors, Muhammad al-Amin, son of Zubayda, and Abu Allah al-Mamun, whose mother seems to have been a member...
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Yesterday's Friends Today Are the Enemies of America
Magazine article by Sami Moubayed; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 21, December 2002
Subjects: History, International, International relations, Syria
...S. began sharing intelligence on al-Qaeda, some of whose members were...when Damascus provided information on Mamun Al-Dirkizili, a former member of the...bank account belonging to a member of al-Qaeda and who had met with one of...
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Rebuilding Iraqi Science
Magazine article by Sam Jaffe; The Scientist, Vol. 17, July 14, 2003
...Europes Dark Ages, the Abbasid emperors Harun al Rashid and al Mamun, his son, encouraged the translation of classical...traces its roots to the House of Wisdom, founded by Mamun, where Mohammed al Khwarzimi created algebra, Mohammed ar Razi pioneered...
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Thieves of Pleasure
Magazine article by Jerrilynn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, Abigail Krasner Balbale; Humanities, Vol. 30, March 2009
Subjects: Cultural values, Gardens & gardening, Poetry, Poets
...brilliant palaces of Toledo. With al-Mamun, the king of the Dhu al-Nunid...interact in a lively court culture with al-Mamun - his old feudal client the uncontested...Just a few years later, the same al-Mamun who had been Alfonsos protector and...
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{Fat Teens Go under Knife} {Surveys Add Weight to Big Issue}; Lap-Band Surgery Last Resort in Obesity Battle
Newspaper article; The Queensland Times (Ipswich, Australia), February 27, 2010
Subjects: Bariatric surgery, Obesity, Obesity--Surgery, Teenagers--Surveys, Youth--Surveys
...dietary regime. Child obesity expert Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, from the University of Queensland, said there...often have obese or overweight children," Dr Mamun said. RESEARCH released by Dr Mamun last year also revealed women who smoke throughout...
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Sleepless Nights 'Can Make You Grow Up Fat'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 22, 2007
Subjects: Lipids, Obesity
...young adults as those who hadlittle trouble. Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, studied2...Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Dr Al Mamun said there werethree possible reasons why children who...
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Sleepless Nights 'Can Make You Grow Up Fat'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 22, 2007
Subjects: Lipids, Obesity
...young adults as those who hadlittle trouble. Dr Abdullah Al Mamun, of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, studied2...Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Dr Al Mamun said there were three possible reasons why children who...
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Congratulations to the Class of Llongyfarchiadau I Ddosbarth 2010
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 14, 2010
...Andrew James Stephens Economics Halla Al-Atrakchi Cameron Thomas Anderson Tom...Economics, Banking and Finance Ibrahim Al-Salamah Kwame Michael Awer Asare Xin...Li Yunyun Li Shen Lu Siqi Luo Shakil Al Mamun Michail Michailopoulos Lucy Minford...
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The Forgotten Origin of Algebra, Alchemy, Alkali and Algorithm
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 23, 2009
Subjects: Algorithms, Lyons, Jonathan
...technological, astronomical or philosophical. Al-Mansur loved science. Hed had his...illiterate subsistence farmers. Al-Mansurs successors loved science...but that it was. His grandson Caliph al- Mamun, Jonathan Lyons tells us, had a dream...
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encyclopedia articles on: Mamun Al  - 3 results

 
 
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Mamun, Al-
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAMUN, AL- (Abu al-Abbas Abd Allah al-Mamun)mamoon , 786 833, 7th Abbasid caliph (813 33); son of Harun ar-Rashid . He succeeded his brother al-Amin after a bitter civil war, but was unable to enter Baghdad until 819. He was himself...
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Al-Khowarizmi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AL-KHOWARIZMI al-khowarez me, fl. 820, Arab mathematician of the court of Mamun in Baghdad. His treatises on Hindu arithmetic and on algebra made him famous. He is said to have given algebra its name, and the word algorithm is said to...
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Abbasid
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rising to true splendor under Harun ar-Rashid , the fifth caliph, and to intellectual brilliance under his son al-Mamun (see Mamun, al- ), the seventh caliph. After less than a hundred years of rule, however, the slow decline of the Abbasids...


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