At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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Overview
Salm, head of the House of Wisdom in the time of al-Ma'mun. Ibn al-Nadim mentions him among those whom al-Ma'mun sent to the king of the Byzantines to seek whichever of the ancient sciences stored in Byzantine lands they might choose 1.
Al-Hajjaj ibn Matar and Ibn al-Bitriq were with him, and others. They carried what they found, and al-Ma'mun ordered them to transport it, and they transported it 1.
Ahmad Amin took the account from the Fihrist (p.243) and from Duha al-Islam (vol. 3, p.80).
Connections
- Related to
- Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid
- Participated in
- Al-Ma'mun's embassy for the Greek books
People and things also explored
Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom· Al-Ma'mun's embassy for the Greek books· Abd Allah al-Ma'mun ibn Harun al-Rashid· Census of the Descendants of al-Abbas in the Year 200· al-Ma'mun's designation of Ali al-Rida as heir· Clash of Tahir ibn al-Husayn with Ali ibn Isa· The Conquest of Crete· The Cyprus library comes to Baghdad
Sources
- Duha al-Islam — Ahmad Amin (Hindawi 2012)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Salm, master of the House of Wisdom”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/salm-sahib-bayt-al-hikma/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.