IBN AL-RUMI
(Ali bin Al-Abbas bin George)
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He was the son of a Persian mother and a half Greek father and born in Bagdad. The Persian culture also claims him as his style was in that school.
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bn al-Rumi was born in Baghdad, then the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, in 836. Originally named Ali bin Al-Abbas bin George, he was given the epithet "Ibn al-Rumi" (lit. "Son of the Roman), referring to his father's Greek ancestry. He was raised a Muslim.
