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…
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.…
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…
Al-Balkhi is believed to have been the first to diagnose that mental illness can have psychological and physiological causes. Full Name: Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi . Arabic: ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی Born: 850 AD. Died: 934 AD. Origin: Shamistiyan, Balkh, Khorasan (modern day northern Afghanistan). Famous for: Geographer, Mathematician, Physician, Psychologist…
Al-Kindi was also one of the fathers of cryptography, introduced several new methods of breaking ciphers, notably frequency analysis. Full Name: Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī . Other Names: al-Kindi, Alkindus Arabic: أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي Born: c. 801 . Died: c. 873 . Origin: Kufa, Abbasid Caliphate (now in…
A number of books are attributed to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi written about astronomy, mathematics, medicine, physics, music theory, philosophy and Sufism. Full Name: Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas’ud b. Mosleh Shirazi. Arabic: قطب‌الدینْ محمود بن ضیاءالدینْ مسعود بن مصلح شیرازی Born: 1236 AD. Died: 1311 AD. Origin: Kazerun, Iran. Famous for: Astronomer and…
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…
The first astronomer to present the concentric spheres model as an alternative to the Ptolemaic system. Full Name: Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji. Other Names: Alpetragius Arabic: نور الدين ابن إسحاق البطروجي Born: 1150 AD. Died: 1204 AD. Origin: al-Bitrawsh, a region near Cordoba al-Andalus. Famous for: Astronomer. Legacy: The crater Alpetragius on the Moon is named…
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,…
