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 (modern-day Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey). Famous for: Traveller and Explorer. Contributions: His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat Al-Ard (صورة الارض; “The face of…
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 الله محمد بن عبد الله اللواتي Other Names: Shams al-Dīn, Abū Abd Allāh Born: 1304 AD. Died: 1369 AD. Origin: Tangier, Marinid Sultanate. Famous for:…
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 (present-day Istanbul, Turkey). Famous for: Traveller Contributions: Travelogue called the Seyahatnâme (“Book of Travel”). Articles Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evliya_%C3%87elebi Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Evliya-Celebi Link https://ttk.gov.tr/evliya-celebi-1611-1685/ Aramco World https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/201102/the.unread.masterpiece.of.evliya.elebi.htm Legacy:…
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: Ahmed Muhiddin Piri Arabic: أحمد محي الدين بيري Other Names: Turkish: Pîrî Reis or Hacı Ahmet Muhittin Pîrî Bey Born: 1465 AD Died: 1553 AD.…
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…
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: Iranian and Islamic history Al-Dinawari is considered the founder of Arabic botany Articles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Hanifa_Dinawari https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Dinawari https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dinavari-abu-hanifa-ahmad Books attributed to Abu Hanifa Dinawari
