Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht, (also written Nowbakht), was an 8th century Persian scholar. He was son of Naubakht, a former Zoroastrian, who had designed the House of Wisdom. Al-Fadl ibn Naubakht was appointed as a scholar at the court of caliph Harun al-Rashid. References Year of birth missing 8th-century deaths Medieval Iranian librarians Medieval Iranian astrologers Scholars from the Abbasid Caliphate 8th-century Iranian people 8th-century astrologers 8th-century translators 8th-century Arabic writers 8th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate 8th-century writers