He had told his advisers, "Get me all the scholars to translate any book they can get their hands onto into Arabic, and I will pay them its weight in gold."
والذي قال لمستشاريه ..اجمعوا لي كل العلماء وقولوا لهم ان كل من يترجم كتابا الى العربية سوف اعطيه وزنه ذهباً