Full Name: Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal . Arabic: محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل Other Names: Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī Born: Died: 798 AD. Origin: Nisibis, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey). Famous for: Traveller and Explorer. Contributions: His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat Al-Ard (صورة الارض; “The face of…
Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi). Full Name: Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī. Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي Other Names: Shams al-Dīn, Abū Abd Allāh Born: 1304 AD. Died: 1369 AD. Origin: Tangier, Marinid Sultanate. Famous for:…
Full Name: Dervish Mehmed Zillî Arabic: درويش محمد زيللي Other Names: Turkish: Pîrî Reis or Hacı Ahmet Muhittin Pîrî Bey Born: 1611 AD Died: 1685 AD. Origin: Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). Famous for: Traveller Contributions: Travelogue called the Seyahatnâme (“Book of Travel”). Articles Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evliya_%C3%87elebi Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Evliya-Celebi Link https://ttk.gov.tr/evliya-celebi-1611-1685/ Aramco World https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/201102/the.unread.masterpiece.of.evliya.elebi.htm Legacy:…
He gained fame as a cartographer when a small part of his first world map, prepared in 1513, was discovered in 1929 at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. Full Name: Ahmed Muhiddin Piri Arabic: أحمد محي الدين بيري Other Names: Turkish: Pîrî Reis or Hacı Ahmet Muhittin Pîrî Bey Born: 1465 AD Died: 1553 AD.…
Full Name: Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Jubayr al-Kinānī Arabic: أبو الحسين محمد بن أحمد بن جبيرالكناني Other Names: Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr Born: 1145 AD Died: 1217 AD. Origin: Valencia, Taifa of Valencia, now Province of Valencia, Spain. Famous for: Geographer, Traveller and Poet Contributions: His writing is a foundation…
Ibn al-Nafis has been described as “the father of circulatory physiology”. Full Name: Alāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī. Arabic: علاء الدين أبو الحسن عليّ بنأبي حزم القرشي Born: 1210-1213 AD. Died: 1288 AD. Origin: Damascus, Ayyubid Sultanate. Famous for: Medicine, Surgery, Physiology, Anatomy, Biology, Islamic studies, Jurisprudence, and Philosophy. Contributions: He…
Full Name: Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بنراشد بن حماد Born: 10th Century Died: Origin: Baghdad, Iraq. Famous for: Islamic jurisprudence and Traveler. Contributions: Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan https://human.libretexts.org/Courses/Saint_Mary’s_College_(Notre_Dame_IN)/Humanistic_Studies/Ahmad_ibn_Fadlan_and_the_Rus_(Vikings) https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/199906/among.the.norse.tribes-the.remarkable.account.of.ibn.fadlan.htm https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ibn-fadlan-arab-among-vikings-russia Books attributed to ibn Fadlan
Full Name: Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti. Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي Other Names: Dreses, al-Idrisi Born: 1100 AD. Died: 1165 AD. Origin: Ceuta, Almoravid dynasty, present-day Spain. Famous for: Geographer and Cartographer . Contributions: Tabula Rogeriana, one of the most advanced medieval world maps. Kitab nuzhat al-mushtaq fi’khtiraq…
Full Name: Abu Sahl ‘Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi al-Jurjani. Arabic: ابو سهل عيسى بن يحيى مسيحی گرگانی Born: 960 AD. Died: 1010 AD. Origin: Gorgan, east of the Caspian Sea, in Iran. Famous for: Physician. Contributions: al-mā’a fi-l-sanā’a al-tabi’iyyah; Arabic: المائة في الصناعة الطبيعية, which is one of the earliest Arabic works of its kind…
Full Name: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Khālid ibn al-Jazzār al-Qayrawani. Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن أبي خالد بن الجزار القيرواني Other Names: Algizar Born: 895 AD Died: 979 AD. Origin: Kairouan, now Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. Famous for: Physician. Contributions: Zād al-Musāfir Kitāb Ṭibb al-Mashāyikh[4] or Ṭibb al-Mashāyikh wa-ḥiifẓ ṣiḥḥatihim Kitāb al-Nisyān wa-Ṭuruq…
