Nasir al-Din al-Tusi is often considered the creator of trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.. Full Name: Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi. Other Names: Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Arabic: نصیر الدین الطوسی Born: 1201 AD. Died: 1274 AD. Origin: Tus, Khurasan, Khwarazmid Empire. Famous for: Architect, Philosopher, Physician, and Scientist. Legacy: The…
Al-Ghazali is considered to be the 11th century’s mujaddid by many of the Islamic scholars. Full Name: Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsiyy al-Ghazali. Arabic: ابو حامد محمد بن محمد الطوسی الغزالی Other Names: Algazelus or Algazel. Born: c. 1158. Died: c. 1111. Origin: Tus, Iran, Seljuq Empire. Famous for: Sufism, theology (kalam), philosophy, logic, Sharia,…
Ibn Rushd is known as the pioneer of diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson’s disease.wrote many books on philosophy, theology, medicine, astronomy, physics, psychology, mathematics, Islamic jurisprudence and law. Full Name: Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad Ibn ʾAḥmad Ibn Rušd. Arabic: أبو الوليد محمد ابن احمد ابن رشد Other Names: Averroes. Born: c. 1126. Died: c. 1198. Origin: Qurṭubah,…
Ibn Ṭufayl was an Andalusian Muslim writer, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, and astronomer. Known for his philosophical novel, Ḥayy bin Yaqẓān. Full Name: Abū Bakr Muḥammad bin ʿAbd al-Malik bin Muḥammad bin Ṭufayl al-Qaysiyy al-ʾAndalusiyy. Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن محمد بن طفيل القيسي الأندلسي Other Names: Abubacer Aben Tofail, Abubekar…
Umar Khayyam was a Persian polymath, scientist, philosopher, and poet of the 11th century CE. Full Name: Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm Nīsābūrī Arabic: عمر خیّام Born: 1048 AD. Origin: Nishapur, Khorasan, Persia. Died: 1131 AD. Famous for: Mathematics, Astronomy, Persian philosophy, and Persian poetry. Contributions: the classification and solution of cubic equations.…
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…
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 Century. Known for: Fiqh & hadiths, in addition to her calligraphy. She was highly praised and positioned, & was appointed as teacher of Yaqut, the…
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 of higher education that has been adopted across the world. Al-Qarawiyyin university has since provided hundreds of years of education on Islamic religious and legal…
Full Name: Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni. Arabic: أبو ريحان محمد بن أحمد البيروني Origin: Kath, Khwarezm (modern-day Uzbekistan). Born: 973 AD. Dies: 1,050 AD. Famous for: “Father of Comparative Religion”, “Father of modern geodesy”, Founder of Indology and the first anthropologist. Contribution: 146 books written by al-Bīruni, 95 are devoted to astronomy, mathematics,…
Full Name: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi Arabic: أبو بکر محمد بن زکریاء الرازي Origin: Persia, Iran Born: 864-865 AD Dies: 925-935 AD Famous for: Physician Philosopher and Alchemist Contribution: One of the most important figures in the history of medicine Contemporary physician of Amir Abu al-Qasim Fenderski Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_al-Razi https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abu-bakr-al-razi/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6074295/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/abu-bakr-ar-razi Books…
