Full Name: Abū al-Ḥusayn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Jubayr al-Kinānī Arabic: أبو الحسين محمد بن أحمد بن جبيرالكناني Other Names: Ibn Jubair, Ibn Jobair, and Ibn Djubayr Born: 1145 AD Died: 1217 AD. Origin: Valencia, Taifa of Valencia, now Province of Valencia, Spain. Famous for: Geographer, Traveller and Poet Contributions: His writing is a foundation…
Zaynab al-Awadiyyah, sometimes spelled as al-Awadiyyah or al-Awdiyah) Also known as Zaynab of Banu Awd (Arabic: زينب طبيبة بني أود) was a 7th-century Arab physician and expert oculist. She was a member of the Arab tribe of Banu Awd. As a proficient medical practitioner, she was widely renowned among the Arabs due to her expertise…
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,…
Full Name: Maryam Al-Zinyani. Persian: مريم الزينياني Other Names: Maryam bint Abdullah al-Hawary. Born: Died: 758 CE. ? Origin: Kairouan, Tunisia? Famous for: Poet and Chemist Contributions: Articles Maryam Al-Zinyani Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilisation: Science, Medicine and Politics
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.…
