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Al-Ḥakam II
Library building, translation, and patronage of scholarship in Córdoba.
Al-Maʾmūn
Abbasid scientific and translation patronage, discussed alongside astronomers and intellectual life in Baghdad.
Barmakid family
Supported scholars and translations of Greek, Persian, and Indian writing in the Abbasid world.
Hārūn al-Rashīd
Patronage of learning and libraries in Abbasid Baghdad, associated by the creator with the House of Wisdom.
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā al-Barmakī
Patronage of scholarship, translation, and paper production in the Abbasid period, as described by the creator.
Nizām al-Mulk
Educational patronage through the Nizamiyya institutions, administration, and political thought.
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III
Patronage of arts and architecture and the development of Córdoba as an intellectual center.