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Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar الحجّاج بن يوسف بن مطر

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Post published:November 13, 2024
Post category:Muslim Linguists Muslim Mathematician

Full Name: Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar. Arabic: الحجّاج بن يوسف بن مطر Born: 786AD. Died: 833 AD. Origin: Baghdad Famous for: Mathematician and Translator. Contributions: He was the first…

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi فخر الدين الرازي

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Post published:November 13, 2024
Post category:Muslim Philosophers

Full Name: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī . Arabic: فخر الدين الرازي Other Names: Fakhruddin Razi Born: 1149 or 1150 (543 or 544 AH) Died: 1209 (606 AH, aged 59 or 60).…

Ibn Hawqal بن حوقل

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Post published:September 16, 2024
Post category:Muslim Travellers

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…

Ibn Battuta ابن بطوطة

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Post published:September 1, 2024
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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…

Evliya Çelebi اوليا چلبى

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Post published:August 31, 2024
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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…

Piri Reis بيري ريس

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Post published:August 30, 2024
Post category:Muslim Cartographer Muslim Geographers Muslim Travellers

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:…

Ibn Jubayr ابن جبير

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Post published:August 29, 2024
Post category:Muslim Geographers Muslim Poets Muslim Travellers

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…

Ibn al-Nafis ابن النفيس

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Post published:August 25, 2024
Post category:Islamic Jurist Muslim Philosophers Muslim Physicians Muslim Surgeons

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…

Ahmad ibn Fadlan أحمد بن فضلان

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Post published:August 24, 2024
Post category:Islamic Jurist Muslim Geographers

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.…

Muhammad al-Idrisi محمد الإدريسي

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Post published:August 22, 2024
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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,…