Index of Persons

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Results (216)

ʿAbd Allāh — Names: ʿAbd AllāhʿAbd Allāh (? = ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān), vizier of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/10
Ibn Hubayrah — Names: Ibn HubayrahIbn Hubayrah, Abū l-Muẓaffar ʿAwn al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad, Ḥanbalī scholar, vizier to caliphs al-Muqtafī and al-Mustanjid (d. 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1002
Ibn Hubayrah — Names: Ibn HubayrahIbn Hubayrah, ʿIzz al-Dīn, vizier, patronized by Saladin (d. 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1003
Ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ibn IsḥāqIbn Isḥāq, vizier of the Umayyad emirs in CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1006
Ibn Jahwar — Names: Ibn JahwarIbn Jahwar, Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1009
Ibn al-Kalbī — Names: Ibn al-KalbīIbn al-Kalbī, Hishām, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1019
Abū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā — Names: Abū ʿAlī ibn MawṣilāyāAbū ʿAlī ibn Mawṣilāyā, secretary of Abū l-Qāsim al-MaghribīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/102
Ibn Khaldūn — Names: Ibn KhaldūnIbn Khaldūn, historian (d. 808/1406)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1026
Ibn Killis — Names: Ibn KillisIbn Killis, Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb, vizier of Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz (318–380/930–91)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1035
Ibn Maṭrūḥ — Names: Ibn MaṭrūḥIbn Maṭrūḥ Abū l Ḥasan Yaḥyā ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al Ḥusayn Jamāl al Dīn poet and high official under Ayyubids vizier of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1048
Ibn al-Mudabbir — Names: Ibn al-MudabbirIbn al-Mudabbir, Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, courtier and man of letters (d. 279/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1054
Ibn al-Munajjim — Names: Ibn al-MunajjimIbn al-Munajjim, Abū Aḥmad Yaḥyā ibn ʿAlī, Abbasid littérateur (d. 300/912)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1059
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Ibn al-MuqaffaʿIbn al-Muqaffaʿ, ʿAbd Allāh, translator of `Kalīlah wa-Dimnah` (d. ca. 137/755)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1064
Ibn Muqlah — Names: Ibn MuqlahIbn Muqlah, Abbasid vizier, famous calligrapher (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1066
Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī — Names: Abū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-ShāṭibīAbū ʿĀmir ibn Yannaq al-Shāṭibī, Andalusī poet and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/107
Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī) — Names: Ibn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī)Ibn NāʿimahIbn Nāʿimah (ʿAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥimṣī al-Nāʿimī), translator of Greek philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1076
Ibn al-Qifṭī — Names: Ibn al-QifṭīIbn al Qifṭī Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al Wāḥid al Shaybānī vizier and biographer author...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1085
Ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Ibn ṢadaqahIbn Ṣadaqah, (probably Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣadaqah), vizier and friend of Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-Tilmīdh (d. 556/1161)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1100
Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī — Names: Abū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-RāzīAbū l-Aṣbagh ʿĪsā ibn Aḥmad al-Rāzī (d. 379/989), Andalusī historian and secretary of al-Ḥakam ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/111
Ibn Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Ibn Shahdā al-KarkhīIbn Shahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1116
Ibn Shākir al-Kutubī — Names: Ibn Shākir al-KutubīIbn Shākir al-Kutubī, Muḥammad (d. 764/ 1363), Syrian historian and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1118
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī — Names: Ibn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-BaghdādīIbn Ṭalḥah al-Kātib al-Baghdādī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ḥamzah, secretary to the Ḥājib of the Bāb al-Nūbī (d. 599/1202–1203)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1132
Ibn al-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
Ibn al-Zayyāt — Names: Ibn al-ZayyātMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-ZayyātIbn al-Zayyāt, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Abbasid vizier and poet (d. 243/847)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1168
Ibn Zurʿah — Names: Ibn ZurʿahAbū ʿAlī ibn ZurʿahIbn Zurʿah, Abū ʿAlī ʿĪsā ibn Isḥāq ibn Zurʿah, Christian philosopher and translator (331–398/943–1008)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1176
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd AllāhIbrāhīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1181
Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥuṣrī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAlī al-ḤuṣrīIbrāhīm ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥuṣrī, 10th c. littérateur from Qayrawān,URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1188
Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?) — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?)Ibrāhīm ibn Baks (Bakūs)Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn BaksIbrāhīm ibn Baks/Bakūs/Bakūsh/Bakkūsh al-ʿUshārī/al-ʿAshshārī(?), Abū Isḥāq, 4th/10th-c. Christian physician and translator active in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1191
Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-ṢaltIbrāhīm ibn al-Ṣalt, Christian translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1205
Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn SinānIbrāhīm ibn Sinān, mathematician (d. 355/ 946)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1206
ʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī — Names: ʿImād al-Dīn al-DunaysirīʿImād al-Dīn al-Dunaysirī, physician and literary scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1221
ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh) — Names: ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh)ʿĪsā ibn MāsarjīsʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs (`or` Māsarjawayh), physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1245
ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus — Names: ʿĪsā ibn YūnusʿĪsā ibn Yūnus, the Secretary and the AccountantʿĪsā ibn Yūnus ‘the secretary and accountant’ (`al-kātib al-ḥāsib`), patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1254
Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Isḥāq ibn ḤunaynIsḥāq ibn Ḥunayn, translator of Greek philosophy, author of `Taʾrīkh al-aṭibbāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1258
Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm — Names: Isḥāq ibn IbrāhīmIsḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm, secretary to Ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1259
Ismāʿīl ibn Bulbul — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn BulbulIsmāʿīl ibn Bulbul, Abū l-Ṣaqr, vizier of al-Muʿtamid (d. 278/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1277
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/128
Iṣṭifan ibn Basīl — Names: Iṣṭifan ibn BasīlIṣṭifan ibn Basīl, translator (d. ca. 298/910)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1287
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakJaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, vizier and sponsor of Indian science (d. 187/803)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1304
Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn ibn ṢadaqahJalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizier under al-MustarshidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1311
al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
al-Kalbī — Names: al-Kalbīal-Kalbī, Hishām, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1359
Kamāl al-Dīn ibn Yūnus — Names: Kamāl al-Dīn ibn YūnusKamāl al Dīn ibn Yūnus Abū ʿImrān `or` Abū l Fatḥ Kamāl al Dīn Mūsā ibn Yūnus ibn Muḥammad al Mawṣilī mathematician and jurist...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1362
Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī — Names: Kankah (`or` Kanakah) al-HindīKankah al-HindīKankah (`or` Kanakah) al-Hindī, Indian astrologer-astronomer (active ca. 775– 800)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1364
al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī — Names: al-Kātib al-Iṣfahānīal-Kātib al-Iṣfahānī, ʿImād al-Dīn, state secretary of Nūr al-Dīn and Saladin, anthologist (d. 597/1201)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1367
Abū Bakr al-Khālidī — Names: Abū Bakr al-KhālidīAbū Bakr al-Khālidī, a poet and man of letters, known together with his brother Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī as al-Khālidiyyān (d. 380/990)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1384
al-Khāqānī — Names: al-Khāqānīal-Khāqānī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (d. 314/926–927), vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1387
al-Khaṣībī — Names: al-Khaṣībīal-Khaṣībī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaṣīb (d. 328/940), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1391
Khayrūn ibn Rābiṭah — Names: Khayrūn ibn RābiṭahKhayrūn ibn Rābiṭah, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1395
ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, unidentified Persian-to-Arabic translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/14
al-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Madāʾinī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, historian (d. 228/842–843)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1431
Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus) — Names: Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus)Mattā ibn YūnānAbū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnān (`or` Yūnus), Christian Aristotelian translator (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/145
Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya) — Names: Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya or Maṅkha)Mankah al-Hindī (Māṇikya), Indian physician and translator under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1501
Manṣūr ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504
Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr — Names: Abū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir ṬayfūrAbū l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr, literary man and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/151
al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn — Names: al-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīnal-Maqrīzī, Taqī al-Dīn (d. 845/1442), Egyptian historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1511
Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529
Māshāʾallāh — Names: MāshāʾallāhMāshāʾallāh, astrologer courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1533
al-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasanal-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, Ghaznavid vizier (d. 424/1032)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1549
al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadMiskawayhal-Minfākh Miskawayh, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, philosopher and historian (d. 421/ 1030)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1571
Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīMuʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1584
Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-ḤusaynMuʾayyid al Dīn Abū l Fawāris al Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al Ḥusayn also known as Ibn al Ṣūfī vizier in Damascus under Muʿīn al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1585
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-MuqaffaʿMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, son of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ and secretary to al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1604
Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān — Names: Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-MarzubānMuḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān, 3rd/9th-c. scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1622
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, secretary to the caliph al-Mutawakkil (`reg.` 232–247/847– 61)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1671
Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr — Names: Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn ḤudayrMūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1679
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Badr — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn BadrʿAbd Allāh ibn Badr, Cordovan vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/17
Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn Killis — Names: Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn KillisAbū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn Killis, Jewish vizier of Fatimid al-ʿAzīz (318–380/930–991)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/170
Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-Quff — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-QuffMuwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-Quff, philologist and littérateur, father of the physician Ibn al-QuffURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1713
Naṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-Rāzī — Names: Naṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-RāzīNaṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-Rāzī (d. 617/1220), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1752
al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasanal-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan (d. between 300/912 and 310/922), Imamite scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1760
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. AⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-Nīlīal-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, physician and man of letters (d. 420/1020)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1775
al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh — Names: al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāhal-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh (d. 291/903–904), vizier under al-Muʿtaḍid and al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1868
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870
Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-Ḥanafī Names: Qayṣar ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al-Ghanī ibn Musāfir al-ḤanafīQayṣar ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd al Ghanī ibn Musāfir al Ḥanafī ʿAlam al Dīn known as Qayṣar and as al Taʿāsīf mathematician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1875
al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, vizier (d. 629/1231 or 630)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1882
Rabban al-Ṭabarī — Names: Rabban al-ṬabarīRabban al-Ṭabarī, physician and astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1890
al-Raḍī — Names: al-Raḍīal-Raḍī (al-Riḍā?), unidentified vizier of al-JazīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1896
al-Riḍā — Names: al-Riḍāal-Riḍā (al-Raḍī?), vizier of al-JazīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1922
Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-Mulk — Names: Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-MulkSaʿd al Mulk Naṣīr al Dīn Abū l Maḥāsin Saʿd al Mulk vizier of Muḥammad ibn Malik Shāh 496 1103 and of Malik Shāh...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1941
al-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak — Names: al-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybakal-Ṣafadī, Khalīl ibn Aybak, historian (d. 763/1363)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1949
Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīṢafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, Ayyubid vizier (548–622/1154–1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1951
Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Marzūq — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn MarzūqṢafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Marzūq, vizier of al-Malik al-Ashraf ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1952
Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius) — Names: Saʿīd ibn al-Biṭrīq (Eutychius)Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq Eutychius physician patriarch of Alexandria historian author of `K al tārīkh al majmūʿ alā l taḥqīq wa l taṣdīq` `Naẓm...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1965
Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-WizārataynṢāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn, `kātib` to al-Muwaffaq and vizier to al-Muʿtamid (d. 276/889)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1972
Sallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah — Names: Sallām al-Abrash, Abū SalamahSallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah, early translator and member of Hārūn al-Rashīd’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1989
al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī — Names: al-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribīal-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbbās al-Maghribī, mathematician (d. 570/1174)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2000
Ṣanjahal — Names: ṢanjahalṢanjahal, Indian physician and astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2005
Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn — Names: Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAynSergius al-Raʾsī (Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā)Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Syriac physician and translator (d. 536)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2026
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, 6th/12thc. historian of religionsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2044
al-Shahrazūrī Names: al-Shahrazūrīal-Shahrazūrī, 7th/13th-c. physician, historian and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2045
Shams al-Khawāṣṣ Ṣawāb — Names: Shams al-Khawāṣṣ ṢawābShams al-Khawāṣṣ Ṣawāb, vizier under al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2061
Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-ṬūsīSharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar al-Ṭūsī, mathematician and astronomer (d. 610/1213)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2067
Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn AḥmadAbū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, secretary to Abū Ghānim al-ʿAbbāsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/207
Shīrkūh — Names: ShīrkūhShīrkūh, vizier under the Fatimids, uncle of Saladin (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2092
Shuʿayb — Names: ShuʿaybShuʿayb, Jewish astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2095
Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
Sind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlī — Names: Sind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlīSind (Sanad) ibn ʿAlī, astrologer to al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2117
al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn — Names: al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīnal-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn (d. 771/1370), Shāfiʿī jurist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2136
Abū Ḥātim al-Balkhī — Names: Abū Ḥātim al-BalkhīAbū Ḥātim al-Balkhī, otherwise unknown translator, presumably from Persian into BactrianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/215
Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Nāshī — Names: Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-NāshīSulaymān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā ibn al-Nāshī, Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2155
Sulaymān ibn Wahb — Names: Sulaymān ibn WahbSulaymān ibn Wahb, vizier of al-MuhtadīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2157
al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī — Names: al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarīal-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī, polymath historian and Qurʾanic commentator (d. 310/923)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2168
al-Ṭabarī — Names: al-Ṭabarīal-Ṭabarī, astrologer favoured by GhaḍīḍURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2169
Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk — Names: Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn RuzzīkṬalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk, vizier who held power during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2179
Ṭayfūr — Names: ṬayfūrṬayfūr father of the literary man and historian Abū l Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Abī Ṭāhir Ṭayfūr claimed to be the brother of al Khayzurān...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2190
Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī — Names: Thābit ibn Qurrah al-ḤarrānīThābit the TranslatorThābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī, mathematician and scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2196
Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahThābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, physician and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2197
Theodosius — Names: TheodosiusTheodosius, 2nd-/1st-c. BC Greek mathematician and astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2201
Theon — Names: TheonTheon (d. AⅮ405), Greek mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2202
al-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus — Names: al-Usquf Theodore the SyncellusTheodore the Syncellusal-Usquf Theodore the Syncellus (Tadharus, or Tadrus, al-Sunqal), translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2209
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. AⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
al-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar — Names: al-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffaral-Ṭūsī, Sharaf al-Dīn al-Muẓaffar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Muẓaffar, mathematician and astronomer (d. 610/1213)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2248
Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Sahlī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Sahlī, Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadAbū l-Ḥasanal-SuhaylīAbū l-Ḥusayn (or Abū l-Ḥasan) al-Sahlī (al-Suhaylī), Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, vizier to Maʾmūnid Khwārazm-Shāhs at Gurganj (d. 418/1027)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/225
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-QāsimʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-Qāsim, vizier (d. 288/901)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2254
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn KhāqānʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān, vizier to al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2255
al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmaral-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar, historian (d. 207/822)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2287
Yaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq — Names: Yaḥyā ibn al-BiṭrīqYaḥyā ibn al-Biṭrīq, translator of philosophical works and medical author (d. ca. 200/815)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2300
Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
al-Yasaʿ, Elisha — Names: al-Yasaʿ, Elishaal-Yasaʿ, Elisha, patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2314
Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī — Names: Zarūyā ibn Mānaḥūh al-Nāʿimī al-ḤimṣīZarūyā (Zarūbā?) ibn Mānaḥūh (Mājūh?) al-Nāʿimī al-Ḥimṣī, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2363
Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī — Names: Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawīAbū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī, `al-wazīr`, unidentified vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2404
Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh — Names: Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd AllāhAbū Jaʿfar ibn al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh, member of the Banū Wahb, vizier to al-Qāhir bi-Allāh (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/244
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-ṬabarīAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, historian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/247
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Karkhī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-KarkhīAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Karkhī, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/248
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer — Names: Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the AstrologerAbū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam the Astrologer, mathematician (active 3rd–4th/9th–10th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/251
Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī — Names: Abū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-BalkhīAbū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-BalkhīAbū MaʿšarAbū Maʿshar Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar al-Balkhī, astronomer and astrologer in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/275
Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ — Names: Abū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-IṣbaʿAbū Muḥammad Badr ibn Abī l-Iṣbaʿ, ‘the secretary’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/282
Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn al-JaʿdīAbū Muḥammad ibn al-Jaʿdī, Fatimid astrologerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/285
Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī — Names: Abū Muḥammad al-ṢilḥīAbū Muḥammad al-Ṣilḥī, secretary to al-Muṭīʿ li-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/290
Abū Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn Ayyūb — Names: Abū Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn AyyūbAbū Naṣr ibn Nārī ibn Ayyūb, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/301
Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr — Names: Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn ArdashīrAbū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr, 4th/10th-c. vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/303
ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd) — Names: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd)ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Kātib (ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Yaḥyā ibn Saʿd, d. 132/750), secretary to Marwān ⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/31
Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsāAbū l-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā, son of vizier of al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/318
Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn SulaymānAbū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, member of the Banū Wahb family of viziers (d. 288/901)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/326
Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-Dimashqī — Names: Abū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al-DimashqīAbū Saʿīd ʿUthmān al Dimashqī translator perhaps identical with Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn Yaʿqūb al Dimashqī Abū Saʿīd Wahb ibn Ibrāhīm secretary to al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/341
Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-BakrīAbū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Andalusian geographer, historian (d. 487/1094)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/371

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