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The House of Wisdom
The Bayt al-Hikma, or House of Wisdom was founded in Caliph Abu Jafar al-Mamun. The goal of the House of Wisdom was to become a wellspring of knowledge by gathering the best scholars and translators to translate the ancient texts from Greece and India, and then to further advance Arab sciences. Al-Mamun established the House of Wisdom in hopes that it would bring prosperity to the Muslim empire. In 833 Al-Mamun died and his son Abu Ishaq al-Mutasim ibn Harun became Caliph, he strongly supported the House of Wisdom, which remained in Baghdad after al-Mutasim moved the capital to Samarra in 836. Al-Mutasim’s son then ruled, and the House of Wisdom continued to flourish under his rule as well. When a man named al-Mutawakkil Ala Allah Jafar bin al-Mutasim came into power, he showed no interest in the learning within the House of Wisdom and thus the House of Wisdom quickly declined during al-Mutawakkil’s reign.

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