Al-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Matar
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Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar (786–833) was an Arab mathematician who made the first translation of Euclid's Elements from Greek into Arabic. He made a second, improved, more concise translation for al-Ma'mun. Around 829 he translated Ptolemy's Almagest, which at that time had also been translated by Hunayn ibn Ishaq and Sahl al-Ṭabarī.
In the beginning of the 12th century Adelard of Bath translated al-Ḥajjāj's version of the Elements into Latin.
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- Busard, B.L.L. (1983). The First Translation of Euclid's "Elements" Commonly Ascribes to Adelard of Bath, Books I–VIII and Books X.36–XV.2. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies.
- Gandz, Solomon (1936). "The Sources of al-Khowārizmī's Algebra". Osiris 1: 263–277. doi:. ISSN 0369-7827.
- Sarton, George. Introduction to the History of Science.
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