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Corpus of Greek-Arabic translations — Qusta ibn Luqa

~870 AD · Transmission: Global
MathematicsMedicineTranslationArab

A Melkite Christian from Baalbek, active in Baghdad under Caliph al-Musta'in, Qusta ibn Luqa translated into Arabic books IV-VII of Diophantus of Alexandria's Arithmetica and Hero of Alexandria's Mechanics, traveling personally to Byzantine territory in search of Greek manuscripts.

InstitutionBaghdad — Abbasid Caliphate
Historical regionBaghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (originally from Baalbek, present-day Lebanon)
Secondary sourceSezgin, F. — attribution of the Arabic translation of Diophantus books IV-VII (1968)
Original languageArabic
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