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Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq was a Christian scholar who pioneered the translation of ancient Greek texts into Arabic, a major early figure in the Graeco-Arabic translation movement under the Abbasid empire. He translated for Al-Ma'mun the major medical works of Galen and Hippocrates, and also translated Ptolemy Tetrabiblos.
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 730 to 815 · aged 85
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