Al-Mamun

Caliph Al-Mamun (813 – 833), for example, even persecuted the orthodox; all his officials had to agree that the Quran was not divine but created by Prophet Muhammad.

Emerging Muslim Freethinkers and the Battle of Civilizations 2009

Jet-lagged but upbeat as ever, Lewis Lucke clambers through the rubble of Al-Mamun switching station.

A Man With A Mission 2007

Al-Mamun, who had accompanied his father on the campaign in Sogdia, received the eastern half, including Bactria.

Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan 2006

Al-Mamun, who had accompanied his father on the campaign in Sogdia, received the eastern half, including Bactria.

Historical Sketch of Buddhism and Islam in Afghanistan 2006

Al-Mamun was by no means a closedminded, religious fanatic.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� 10 Islamic Sectarian Disputes and the Declaration of Jihads 2006

Al-Mamun, who, says Ibn Khallikan rather ungallantly, was "induced to marry her by the high esteem he bore her father."

A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions 1903

Al-Mamun measures the earth, 109, 155; his libraries, 112; quotation from, 115; denounced, 142 translates the "Syntaxis," 158.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

As we have already mentioned, by his treaty with Michael III., the khalif Al-Mamun had obtained a copy of the "Syntaxis" of Ptolemy.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

Thus the khalif Al-Mamun is reported to have brought into Bagdad hundreds of camel-loads of manuscripts.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881

Thus when Al-Mamun, having become acquainted with the globular form of the earth, gave orders to his mathematicians and astronomers to measure a degree of a great circle upon it, Takyuddin, one of the most celebrated doctors of divinity of that time, denounced the wicked khalif, declaring that God would assuredly punish him for presumptuously interrupting the devotions of the faithful by encouraging and diffusing a false and atheistical philosophy among them.

History of the Conflict between Religion and Science 1881