Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar explained

(786–833 CE) was a mathematician and translator.

Biography

Almost nothing is known about his life, except that he was active in Baghdad, then the capital of the ʿAbbāsid Empire.

He was the first author who translated Euclid's Elements from Greek into Arabic. His first translation was made for Yaḥyā ibn Khālid, the Vizier of Caliph Hārūn al‐Rashīd. He made a second, improved, more concise translation for the Caliph al-Maʾmūn (813–833). Around 829, he translated Ptolemy's Almagest, which at that time had also been translated by Hunayn Ibn Ishaq and .

At the beginning of the 12th century CE, Adelard of Bath translated 's version of Euclid's Elements into Latin.

References

• Book: Busard, B.L.L.. The First Translation of Euclid's "Elements" Commonly Ascribes to Adelard of Bath, Books I–VIII and Books X.36–XV.2. Toronto. Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies. 1983.
• Gandz. Solomon. 1936. The Sources of al-Khowārizmī's Algebra. Osiris. 1. 263–277. 0369-7827. 10.1086/368426. 301610.
• Book: Sarton, George. Introduction to the History of Science.

External links

• Encyclopedia: Thomas Hockey . Brentjes . Sonja . Sonja Brentjes . Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar . The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . Springer . 2007 . New York . 460–1 . 978-0-387-31022-0. etal. (PDF version)