Photius and the Abbasids : The Problems of Islamo-Byzantine Paradigms
The question of reciprocity between the Abbasid and Byzantine capitals in the heydays of Graeco-Arabic translation remains a contested topic, where irreconcilable theories sometimes stand against each other. This paper makes a case study out of the old Hemmerdinger theory, according to which, the Bibliotheca of Photius was actually compiled in Baghdad. The paper discusses the criticism against the
