Rufaida Al-Aslamia رفيدة الأسلمية
Full Name: Rufayda Al-Aslamia. Arabic: رفيدة الأسلمية Other Names: Rufaida Al-Aslamiya or Rufaydah bint Sa`ad. Origin: Hejaz, Arabia. Born: 620 AD. Died: Famous for: First female Muslim nurse and the first…
Burcin Mutlu Pakdil
Full Name: Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil Arabic: بورسين موتلو باكديل Origin: Istanbul, Turkey Born: Famous for: Astrophysicist Contribution: Her research led to a discovery of an extremely rare galaxy with a unique double-ringed…
Zaynab Al Shahda زينب الشهداء
Zaynab Al Shahada was a famous 12th century calligrapher. Full Name: Zaynab Al Shahda daughter of Ahmed al-Abri. Arabic: زينب الشهداء Origin: Baghdad originally from Dinawar Born: 7th or 10th…
Sutayta al-Mahmali سطيتا المحملي
Full Name: Sutayta al-Mahmali. Arabic: سطيتا المحملي Origin: Baghdad, Iraq. Born: 920 CE. Died: 987 CE. Famous for: Algebraist and legal scholar Contribution: She collaborated with Abu Kamilto to solve…
Al-Ijliya Al-Astrulabi العجلية بنت العجلي
Full Name: Al-ʻIjliyyah bint al-ʻIjliyy. Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي Other Name: Mariam al-Asṭurlābiyya مريم الأسطرلابية Origin: Syria. Born: 10th Century. Famous for: Astronomer and Inventor. Contribution: Al-ʻIjliyyah manufactured astrolabes, an…
Fatima Bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiya فاطمة بنت محمد الفهرية القرشية
One of the greatest women in Islamic history is Fatima Bint Muhammad al-Fihriya al-Qurashiya, accredited as the founder of the oldest University in the world Masjid al-Qarawiyyin, pioneering the model…
Kushyar Gilani کوشیار دیلمی
Full Name: Abul-Hasan Kūshyār ibn Labbān ibn Bashahri Daylami. Arabic: کوشیار دیلمی Other Name: Kūshyār Daylami. Origin: Daylam, Iran. Born: 971 AD. Died: 1,029 AD. Famous for: Astronomer, Mathematician and…
Ibn Yunus ابن يونس
Full Name: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi al-Said 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus ibn Abd al-'Ala al-Sadafi al-Misri. Arabic: أبو الحسن علي أبي السعيد بن عبد الرحمن بن أحمد…
Maslama al-Majriti مسلمة بن أحمد المجريطي
Full Name: Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Majriti. Arabic: أبو القاسم مسلمة بن أحمد المجريطي Latin: Methilem. Origin: Madrid, Al-Andalus, now Spain. Born: 950 AD. Died: 1,007 AD. Famous for:…
Abu-Mahmud Khujandi ابومحمود خجندی
Full Name: Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr al-Khujandi. Arabic: ابومحمود خجندی Origin: Khujand, now part of Tajikistan. Born: 940 AD. Died: 1,000AD. Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician Contribution: Constructed the…