Name Ishaq Hunayn Era Islamic Golden Age Education House of Wisdom | Role Physician Children Ishaq ibn Hunayn | |
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Books Hunain Ibn Ishaq's "Questions on Medicine for Students": Transcription and Translation of the Oldest Extant Syriac Version (Vat. Syr. 192) Main interests Translation, Ophthalmology, Philosophy, Religion, Arabic grammar |
Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Arabic: إسحاق بن حنين) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential physician and translator, known for writing the first biography of physicians in the Arabic language. He is also known for his translations of Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest. He is the son of the famous translator Hunayn Ibn Ishaq.
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