E’etemad al-Rumaikiyya was an Andalusian poet, who entered the harem as a slave but was able to wield enormous influence as the favorite wife of the Emir Al-Mu’tamid of Seville. Full Name: E’etemad al-Rumaikiyya. Arabic: اعتماد الرميكية Born: 1045-1047 AD. Died: 1095 AD. Origin: Seville, Al=Andalus. Famous for: Poet . Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Rumaikiyya Women of Science,…
Aisha Bint al-Jayyar is described as a brilliant female physician. She was the daughter of the sheikh and author Abi Abd Allah Ben al-Jayyar of Ceuta – the fact that historians only remember the father of the people mentioned unfortunately shows the patriarchal spirit of social structures. In any case, Aisha Bint al-Jayyar studied medicine…
Jamshid al-Kashi is considered as one of the greatest persian mathmetician and astronomer of his times. Full Name: Hayat Al Sindi . Arabic: حياة سندي Born: 1967 AD. Origin: Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Famous for: Biotechnologist and Medical Scientist . Contributions and Honors: Hayat Sindi was a major influence in starting three companies, either as cofounder…
Jamshid al-Kashi is considered as one of the greatest persian mathmetician and astronomer of his times. Full Name: Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Masʿūd al-Kāshī (or al-Kāshānī). Arabic: غیاث الدین جمشید کاشانی Born: 1380AD. Died: 1429AD. Origin: Kashan, Iran. Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician. Contributions: Al-Kashi invented the Plate of Conjunctions, an analog computing instrument used to…
Al-Khalili was an astronomer, who compiled an extensive corpus of tables for timekeeping by the sun and regulating the astronomically defined time of Muslim prayer . Full Name: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Khalīlī. Arabic: شمس الدين عبد الله محمد بن محمد الخليلي Born: 1320AD. Died: 1380 AD. Origin: Damascus, Syria. Famous…
Ibn Khaldun is considered by many as the father of historiography, sociology, economics, and demography studies. Full Name: Abū Zayd ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Khaldūn al-Ḥaḍramī. Arabic: أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي Born: 1332 AD. Died: 1406 AD. Origin: Tunis, Hafsid Sultanate. Famous for: Sociologist, Philosopher, and Historian. Contributions: He…
Ibn Zuhr is known as the pioneer of neurology and neuropharmacology. He performed the first experimental tracheotomy on a goat. He is thought to have made the earliest description of bezoar stones as medicinal items. Full Name: Abū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr . Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر Other Names: Avenzoar. Born:…
Al-Zahrawi is considered as one of the greatest surgeons of the Middle Ages. Full Name: Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-‘Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari . Arabic: أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي Other Names: Albucasis or Abulcasis Born: 936 AD. Died: 1013 AD. Origin: Medina Azahara, al-Andalus (near present-day Córdoba, Spain). Famous for: Physician Surgeon and Chemist.…
Namira Salim is a Pakistani polar adventurer, astronaut and artist. She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole and the South Pole. Full Name: Namira Salim Arabic: نمیرا سلیم Born: Origin: Karachi, Pakistan. Famous for: Adventurer and Astronaut. Contributions: She is the first Pakistani to have reached both the North Pole…
Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari wrote one of the first Islamic encyclopedia of medicine titled Firdaws al-Hikmah. Full Name: Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari . Arabic: علي بن سهل الربان الطبري Born: 838 AD. Died: 870 AD. Origin: Amol, Iran. Famous for: Scholar, Physician and Psychologist,. Contributions: One of the first Islamic encyclopedia of medicine…
