Ismail al Jazari is called the father of robots. Full Name: Badīʿ az-Zaman Abu l-ʿIzz ibn Ismāʿīl ibn ar-Razāz al-Jazarī. Arabic: بديع الزمان أبو العز بن إسماعيل بن الرزاز الجزيري Other Names: Hali, Haly, or Haly Abenrudian. Born: 1136 CE. Died: c. 1206. Origin: Jazira, Artuqid Dynasty. Famous for: Scholar, Inventor, Mechanical Engineer, Artisan and Artist .…
Full Name: Umm Waraqah bint ‘Abdullah b. Al-Harith Ansariah. Arabic: أم ورقة بنت عبد الله بن الحارث Other Names: Umm Waraqa. Origin: Mecca. Famous for: One of the female companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. At the battle of Badr, she asked the Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) permission to join the Muslim army in order to…
Full Name: Umm Sinan Al-Islami. Arabic: ام سنان الاسلامي Other Names: Umm Imara. Born: Died: Origin: Mecca Famous for: The most powerful and influential woman in Ottoman history. Contributions: Pledge of `Aqabah She participated in the battles of Uhud, Hudaybiyah and Khaybar She witnessed the victory of Makkah and participated in the battles of Hunayn…
The only Muslim Woman to Win the ‘Nobel Prize’ of Mathematics. Full Name: Maryam Mirzakhani. Persian: مریم میرزاخانی Born: 1977. Died: c. 2017. Origin: Tehran, Iran. Famous for: Mathematician. Contributions: Simple geodesics on hyperbolic surfaces and the volume of the moduli space of curves. Awards The first Iranian woman to win a gold medal at the…
Full Name: Hurrem Sultan-Roxelana. Arabic: خرّم سلطان Other Names: Aleksandra Anastazja Lisowska, Haseki Hürrem Sultan or Hürrem. Born: c. 1504. Died: c. 1558. Origin: Rohatyn, Ruthenia, Kingdom of Poland (now Ukraine). Famous for: The most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history. Contributions: Hürrem Sultan is known as the first woman in Ottoman history to concern herself…
Full Name: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Yaḥyā al-Naqqāsh al-Zarqālī al-Tujibi. Arabic: إبراهيم بن يحيى الزرقالي Other Names: Al-Zarkali or Ibn Zarqala, al-Zarqālluh, Arzachel or Arsechieles. Born: c. 1029. Died: c. 1100. Origin: Toledo, Spain. Famous for: Astronomical instruments and an Astrologer. Contributions: His invention of the Saphaea (a perfected astrolabe) proved very popular and was widely used…
Full Name: Abu’l Hassan Ali ibn Radwan Al-Misri Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن رضوان بن علي بن جعفر المصري Other Names: Hali, Haly, or Haly Abenrudian Born: c. 988 Died: c. 1061 Origin: Giza, Egypt. Famous for: Physician, Astrologer and Astronomer. Contributions: The most detailed description of the supernova now known as SN 1006, the brightest stellar…
Full Name: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham Arabic: أبو علي، الحسن بن الحسن بن الهيثم Other Names: Alhazen, al-Baṣrī Born: c. 965 Died: c. 1040 Origin: Basra, Iraq. Famous for: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Physicist Contributions: Referred to as “the father of modern optics” Ibn al-Haytham was the first to correctly explain the theory of vision.…
Full Name: Abd al-Malik bin Saeed bin Hayyan bin Abjar al-Kanani Arabic: عبد الملك بن أبجر الكناني Born: Origin: Kufa, Iraq. Died: 10th Century. Famous for: Medicine. Contributions: Worked at the medical school of Alexandria. Worked for ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz’s court. Articles https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_in_the_medieval_Islamic_world https://www.wikiwand.com/de/Medizin_in_der_mittelalterlichen_islamischen_Welt
Ibn Sina is known as pioneer of neuropsychiatry, thought experiment, self-awareness and self-consciousness. Full Name: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn bin ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥasan bin ʿAlī bin Sīnā al-Balkhi al-Bukhari. Other Names: Avicenna. Arabic: أبو علي الحسين بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن علي بن سينا البلخي البخاري Origin: Afshana, Transoxiana, Samanid Empire (near Bukhara, Iran, now…
