The injunction of Islam to seek knowledge was given a high priority by early Muslims. Quite early in their history Muslim started to excel in Science, Philosophy, medicine, architecture, governance and vertically in every other field. The rulers valued education and scholarship and contributed heavily in support of education and on institutions of learning. Al-Kindi (800-873) a polymath(expert in several fields) was appointed by the by the Abbaside Caliph to lead team of translators to translate Greek works on science, medicine, philosophy etc, into Arabic. (from Arabic many of these works were translated into Latin and other European languages). Here is a link to a discussion on Al. Kindi on a BBC rodio 4 a program called "In Our Times". https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5bPjs8L99Hk&t=147s Another shorter tape on Al Kindi https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=T3tKtuXqUio
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