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When was al-Ma'mun born?

  • 14 September 786

  • 9 August 833

  • 813

  • 750

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Al-Ma'mun, the seventh Abbasid caliph, was born on 14 September 786. His reign marked a golden age for the Abbasid Caliphate, characterized by intellectual and cultural flourishing. Al-Ma'mun established the House of Wisdom in Baghdad, a center for the translation and study of Greek and Persian works, which significantly contributed to the development of Islamic science and philosophy.
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