Tradition and Role of Islamic Algebra in the Case of the Distribution of Heritage in the Quran and Bayt al-Hikma

Abstract

In this paper, we claim that the Bayt al-Hikma is the center of research with a library in the reign of al-Mamun. We argue that these activities established the Bayt al-Hikma as a kind of academy. From al-Khwarizumi's Algebra, we claim that the early Abbasid dynasty implemented writing and education as a policy to develop scribes and officials who could perform complex calculations such as inheritance, legacies, partition and surveying. And by citing the primary literature, Algebra and Fihrist, we argue that the Bayt al-Hikma played a role as an academic institution. As a result of in-depth analysis of the algebra's heritage, we also look at the historical role of Islamic mathematics by showing that the mathematical tradition established by the Islamic world in the early Abbasid dynasty succeeded and developed previous civilizations such as Greece and India.