Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar

PERSON

Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar

Name (arabic)	الحجّاج بن يوسف بن مطر
Name (translit)	Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar
Alias	Ḥajjāj Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Maṭar Haggag ibn Yusuf ibn Matar
Flourished	163H/780J
Lived in	Baghdad
Notes	He was one of the most influential translators of the late 8th/early 9th centuries in Baghdad under the reigns of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs Hārūn al‐Rashīd (d. 809) and al-Maʾmūn (d. 833). Included among his many translations from Greek into Arabic were Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest.
Number in MAMS	34
Biography URL	http://islamsci.mcgill.ca/RASI/BEA/Hajjaj_ibn_Yusuf_ibn_Matar_BEA.htm
ismi_id	103878

Authored Works

2 works:

Astronomy: General

[Ḥajjāj trans. of Ptolemy's Almagest]

Geometry: General

[Ḥajjāj trans. of Euclid's Elements]

References

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