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Qudāmah ibn Jaʿfar — Names: Qudāmah ibn JaʿfarQudāmah ibn Jaʿfar, author of `Naqd al-shiʿr` (d. ca. 337/948)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1880
al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammadal-Rāghib al-Iṣfahānī, Abū l-Qāsim al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, 5th/11th-c. author of `Muḥāḍarāt al-udabāʾ`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1900
al-Raqqī al-Tiflīsī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsā — Names: al-Raqqī al-Tiflīsī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿĪsāʿĪsā al-Raqqīal Raqqī al Tiflīsī Abū l Qāsim ʿĪsā physician and astronomer under Sayf al Dawla Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ḥamdān...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1908
Ravigupta Names: RaviguptaRavigupta, author of `Siddhasāra` (`K. Sindhashār`) (active 650)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1916
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
Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-Andalusī — Names: Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī (al-Qāḍī Ṣāʿid), Abū l-Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Taghlibī al-AndalusīṢāʿid al Andalusī al Qāḍī Ṣāʿid Abū l Qāsim Ṣāʿid ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān al Taghlibī al Andalusī author of `Ṭabaqāt al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1960
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
Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-HindīṢāliḥ ibn Bahlah al-Hindī, Indian physician in household of Hārūn al-Rashīd, perhaps descendant of Bhela author of the `Saṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1984
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
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-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm — Names: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-KarīmShams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Kātib al-Baghdādī ibn al-Karīm, author of `K. al-Ṭabīkh`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2049
Shams al-Dīn al-Khuwayyī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsā — Names: Shams al-Dīn al-Khuwayyī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsāShams al-Dīn al-KhuwayyīShams al Dīn al Khuwayyī Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al Khalīl ibn Saʿādah ibn Jaʿfar ibn ʿĪsā jurist under al Malik al Muʿaẓẓam...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2053
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 al-Qudūrī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan al-QudūrīAbū l-Ḥasan al-Qudūrī, Ḥanafī jurist (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/208
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū ShāmahShihāb al-Dīn Abū Shāmah, authority on QurʾanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2083
Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
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
Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh — Names: Sulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-FaqīhSulaymān ibn Ayyūb al-Faqīh (d. 377/987– 988), Cordovan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2151
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
al-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyāal-Ṣūlī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā, court companion of caliphs, expert on poetry and chess, author of `K. al-Awrāq` (d. 335/947)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2159
Suśruta — Names: SuśrutaSuśruta, 6 c. BC Indian author of the `Suśruta-Saṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2163
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
Tāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-Bulghārī — Names: Tāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-BulghārīTāj al-Dīn ibn Yūnus al-Bulghārī, writer on simple drugsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2175
al-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyān — Names: al-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyānal-Tawḥīdī, Abū Ḥayyān, 4th/10th-c. intellectual and authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2187
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
Teucros Names: TeucrosTeucros, presumed author of the `Tankalūshā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2192
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
Theomnestus of Nicopolis Names: Theomnestus of NicopolisTheomnestus of Nicopolis, Byzantine writer on veterinary medicineURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2217
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd — Names: al-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīdal-Ṭurṭūshī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Walīd, jurist (451–520/1059–1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2247
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
ʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-Ṭabarī — Names: ʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-ṬabarīʿUmar ibn al-Farrūkhān al-Ṭabarī, astronomer (active 762–812)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2262
ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr — Names: ʿUrwah ibn al-ZubayrʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, late 7th-c. Medinan juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2272
Vāgbhaṭa Names: VāgbhaṭaVāgbhaṭa, author c. 600ＡⅮ of `Aṣṭāṅgahṛ-daya-Saṃhitā` (`K. Astānkar`/`Astāngar al-jāmiʿ`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2278
Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-Martalī — Names: Abū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al-MartalīAbū ʿImrān ibn Abī ʿImrān al Martalī unidentified jurist and ascetic who lived in Seville perhaps Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Raḥmān ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/228
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 Abī Manṣūr — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Abī ManṣūrYaḥyā ibn Abī Manṣūr, astronomer (d. 216/ 832)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2298
Yaḥyā ibn Māsawayh — Names: Yaḥyā ibn MāsawayhYaḥyā ibn Māsawayh, 11th-c. writer on pharmacologyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2303
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
Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān — Names: Yaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn MāhānIbn MāhānYaʿqūb al-Sīrāfī Ibn Māhān, physician and author of a work on medical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2311
al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
Abū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī — Names: Abū Isḥāq al-ShīrāzīAbū Isḥāq al-Shīrāzī, author of `A Guide to Jurisprudence`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/236
Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī) — Names: Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī)Abū l-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Iṣfahānī (`or` al-Iṣbahānī), author of `K. al-Aghānī`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2380
Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
Abū Jābir al-Maghribī — Names: Abū Jābir al-MaghribīAbū Jābir al-Maghribī, unidentified author quoted by Ibn al-MuṭrānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2397
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 Jurayq (the Monk) — Names: Abū Jurayq (the Monk)Abū Jurayq (the Monk), late-antique medical writerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/250
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 l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam — Names: Abū l-Majd ibn Abī l-ḤakamAbū l-Majd ibn Abī l-Ḥakam, physician, astronomer, geometricianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/263
Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī — Names: Abū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-BājīAbū Marwān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Lakhmī al-Bājī, Sevillian jurist and informant of ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/274
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 ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ — Names: Abū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-ḤāfiẓAbū Muḥammad ibn Rizq al-Ḥāfiẓ, Andalusī juristURI: https://usaybia.net/person/287
Abū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-ṢayrafīAbū l-Qāsim ibn Sulaymān al-Ṣayrafī (d. 542/1147), Egyptian author who worked for the Fatimid chancelleryURI: https://usaybia.net/person/320
Abū Sahl al-Kūhī — Names: Abū Sahl al-KūhīAbū Sahl al-Kūhī, 4th/10th-c. astronomerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/333
Abū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū l-Ṭayyib al-ṬabarīAbū l-Ṭayyib al-Ṭabarī, Shāfiʿite jurist (d. 450/1058)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/367
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
Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn) — Names: Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn)Agapius (Maḥbūb ibn Quṣṭanṭīn), 10th-c. bishop of Manbij and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/413
Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn AʿyanAḥmad ibn Yūnus al-Ḥarrānī see al-Ḥarrānī, Aḥmad ibn Yūnus Ahrun ibn Aʿyan, 6th-c. author of a medical compendiumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/439
al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī — Names: al-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandīal-ʿAmīdī, Rukn al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Samarqandī, Ḥanafī jurist at Bukhārā (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/493
Apollonius of Perga — Names: Apollonius of PergaApollonius (of Perga, Greek astronomer and geometer, d. ca. 190BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/549
Archimedes — Names: ArchimedesArchimedes, Hellenistic Greek scientistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/556
Autolycus — Names: AutolycusAutolycus, author of `Moving Sphere`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/589
ʿAwānah ibn al-Ḥakam — Names: ʿAwānah ibn al-ḤakamʿAwānah ibn al-Ḥakam, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/590
al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar — Names: al-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahharal-Azdī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Abū l-Muṭahhar, 4th–5th/10th–11th-c. authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/597
al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/621
Bar Bahlūl — Names: Bar BahlūlBar Bahlūl, author of Syriac lexicon and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/633
Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī) — Names: Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī)Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī), Syriac Orthodox historian, philosopher and translator (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/634
al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān — Names: al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn SinānAbū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Dschābir ibn Sinān al-Harrānī as-Sābī al-Battānīal-Battānīal-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān (d. 317/929), astrologer and mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/639
al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq — Names: al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduqal-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq, Persian author of `Tatimmat Ṣiwān al-Ḥikmah` (d. 565/1169– 1170)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/641
Bhela Names: BhelaBhela, author of a Sanskrit medical compendium (Saṃhitā)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/643
Callisthenes — Names: CallisthenesCallisthenes, ancient Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/668
Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak) — Names: Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)– Indian physician, author of `Carakasaṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/670
Cleopatra — Names: CleopatraCleopatra, Ptolemaic queen of Egypt (d. 30BC), supposed author on cosmetics and medical/alchemical mattersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/678
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Ephorus — Names: EphorusEphorus, Greek historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/737

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