Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht

Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht
Born	fl. 8th century
Academic work
Era	Islamic Golden Age
Main interests	scholar

Al-Fazl ^[1] or Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht, (also written Nowbakht), was an 8th century Persian scholar.

Life

Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht was the son of Naubakht, a former Zoroastrian, who had designed the House of Wisdom. ^[2] He was appointed as a scholar at the court of caliph Harun al-Rashid. ^[3]

References

1. Anthony 2013.
2. Winston 2013, p. 43.
3. Wani & Maqbol 2012.

Sources

• Anthony, Sean W. (2013). "Nawbaḵti Family". Encyclopædia Iranica .
• Wani, Zahid Ashraf; Maqbol, Tabasum (2012). "The Islamic Era and Its Importance to Knowledge and the Development of Libraries". Library Philosophy and Practice. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska–Lincoln. ISSN   1522-0222. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2020.
• Winston, Robert, ed. (2013). Timelines of Science: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Shaped the World . New York: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN   978-1-4654-2123-4.

Further reading

• "Islam". Daily News . 15 October 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
• Nakosteen, Mehdi (1964). History of Islamic Origins of Western Education, A.D. 800-1350: With an Introduction to Medieval Muslim Education. University of Colorado Press. OCLC   988426028.