Al-Ma'mun
786–833
Abbasid caliph and great patron of science and translation.
- Known as
- Caliph
- Category
- Leaders & Baddies
- Born
- 786, Baghdad
- Died
- 833, Tarsus
Alive at the same time as Al-Ma'mun
- Abd al-Rahman I 731–788, emir
- Charlemagne c. 748–814, emperor
- Irene of Athens c. 752–803, empress
- Harun al-Rashid c. 763–809, caliph
- Al-Shafi'i 767–820, imam
- Bai Juyi 772–846, poet
- Kūkai 774–835, monk
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal 780–855, imam
- Al-Khwarizmi c. 780–c. 850, mathematician
- Al-Kindi c. 801–c. 873, philosopher
- Muhammad al-Bukhari 810–870, scholar
- Saints Cyril and Methodius c. 815–885, missionary
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