압바스 시대 바이트 알히크마(Bayt al-Ḥikmah) 연구

A Study on Bayt al-Ḥikmah in Abbasid Era

This paper is a study on correlation between translation center and astronomical observatory of Bait al-Ḥikmah in Abbasid Era. Function of astronomical observatory and function of translation center had co-prosperity relations due to background of establishment of Islamic empire and settlement of sovereign power. Islamic empire had been influenced by Persian fertile cultural background and Sasanid political astrology, so as to be the translation of astrology in the core of translation policy. Khalifa al-Mamun established an astronomical observatory for accurate observation and astrological interpretation, and it caused diffusion of many astronomical observatories in the empire. They attracted many scholars and students to the observatories and there were various discussions and translations being based on precise observations and it caused verifying of previous translations and find of new theories. These cycles of reproduction could influence on other fields of knowledges addition to astrology. Function of astronomical observatory and function of translation center had good circulation relationship.