The Algebra composed

تصنيف «الجبر والمقابلة»

c. 825 CE · c. 210 AH† – c. 825 CE · c. 210 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Baghdad

At the House of Wisdom in Baghdad under al-Maʾmūn, al-Khwārizmī composed his Algebra — rules and geometric demonstrations for solving linear and quadratic equations; its Latin translation gave Europe the word algebra 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Persia & Central Asia
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810820830840 c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate

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Baghdad

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al-Khwarizmi
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Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· Baghdad

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Baghdad· Ṣūrat al-arḍ composed· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· al-Khwarizmi· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· The 'Adudi Bimaristan· al-Bimaristan al-Muqtadiri· Bimaristan al-Sayyida

Sources

  1. Al-Khwārizmī — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Capital of the Abbasid caliphate, founded by al-Mansur in 762 CE and a great centre of learning.