Al-Mamun

Al-Mamun (المامون) is Allama Shibli Nomani's biography of al-Ma'mun (reigned 813–833), the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad whose reign is remembered for its patronage of learning and the translation of Greek and other works into Arabic. Shibli follows his life and rule and the scholarly world of his court.

It is one of Shibli's earliest historical works and part of the series of biographies of figures from Islamic history that made his name.

This copy is a scan from the Digital Library of India of a 1992 printing by Darul Musannifin, the academy Shibli founded in Azamgarh.