Ibn Hawqal بن حوقل
Full Name: Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal . Arabic: محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل Other Names: Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī Born: Died: 798 AD. Origin: Nisibis, Abbasid Caliphate…
Ibn Battuta ابن بطوطة
Ibn Battuta travelled more than any other explorer in pre-modern history, totalling around 117,000 km (73,000 mi). Full Name: Abū Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abd Allāh Al-Lawātī. Arabic: أبو عبد…
Evliya Çelebi اوليا چلبى
Full Name: Dervish Mehmed Zillî Arabic: درويش محمد زيللي Other Names: Turkish: Pîrî Reis or Hacı Ahmet Muhittin Pîrî Bey Born: 1611 AD Died: 1685 AD. Origin: Constantinople, Ottoman Empire…
Piri Reis بيري ريس
He gained fame as a cartographer when a small part of his first world map, prepared in 1513, was discovered in 1929 at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. Full Name:…
Ibn Jubayr ابن جبير
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…
Abu Hanifa Dinawari
Full Name: Abu Hanifa Ahmad ibn Dawud Dinawari Arabic: ابوحنيفه دينوری Origin: Dinawar in modern-day western Iran Dies: 895 AD Famous for: Astronomer, Agriculturist, Botanist, Metallurgist, Geographer, Mathematician, and Historian Contribution:…