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Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh — Names: Usāmah ibn Munqidh, Muʾayyid al-Dawlah Abū l-Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn MunqidhUsāmah ibn Munqidh Muʾayyid al Dawlah Abū l Muẓaffar Usāmah ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Muqallad ibn Naṣr ibn Munqidh poet and anthologist 488...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2273
al-Walīd — Names: al-Walīdal-Walīd, poet (probably al-Walīd ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Buḥturī, d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2284
al-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasan — Names: al-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasanal-Warrāq, Maḥmūd ibn Ḥasan (d. ca. 230/ 845), poet ＡⅠⅠ.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2288
Waṣīf the Turk — Names: Waṣīf the TurkWaṣīf the Turk, commander under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2290
Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī — Names: Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdīYaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, Christian philosopher and theologian (d. 363/974)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2299
Yūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān — Names: Yūḥannā ibn ḤaylānYūḥannā ibn Ḥaylān, Christian philosopher (d. during caliphate of al-Muqtadir)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2325
Yūnus ibn Ḥabīb — Names: Yūnus ibn ḤabībYūnus ibn Ḥabīb, poet and critic (d. 182/798)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2329
Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim — Names: Yūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn MuslimYūsuf ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Muslim, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2336
Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī — Names: Ẓāfir al-Ḥaddād al-IskandarīẒāfir al-Ḥaddād al-Iskandarī, poet (d. 529/ 1135)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2348
al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī — Names: al-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānīal-Zawzanī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-ʿAbdalakānī (d. 431/1040), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2364
Zayn al-Dīn — Names: Zayn al-DīnZayn al-Dīn, the blind, philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2366
Zeno the Elder — Names: Zeno the ElderZeno the Elder, i.e. Zeno of Elea, Presocratic Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2372
Zeno the Younger — Names: Zeno the YoungerZeno the Younger, i.e. Zeno of Citium, Hellenistic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2373
John Philoponus — Names: John PhiloponusJohn Philoponus, Neoplatonist Christian philosopher (ca. 490–575)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2385
Abū l-Qāsim al-Sharīʿī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim al-SharīʿīAbū l-Qāsim al-Sharīʿī, unidentified philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2402
Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī — Names: Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawīAbū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī, `al-wazīr`, unidentified vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2404
ʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl — Names: ʿĀmir ibn al-ṬufaylʿĀmir ibn al-Ṭufayl, tribal hero and poet (d. ca. 10/632)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2405
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī — Names: al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānīal-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2431
al-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī — Names: al-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlīal-Ṭughrāʾī Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī, poet (d. 515/1121)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2438
Ibn Mandawayh — Names: Ibn MandawayhIbn Mandawayh, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, poet, father of Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2439
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 al-ʿAbbās — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbāsAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/246
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 l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-WāsiṭīAbū l-Jawāʾiz al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Wāsiṭī, poet (d. 460/1067–1068)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/249
Abū l-Maʿālī al-Sulamī — Names: Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīAbū l-Maʿālī al-Sulamī, poet also known as ShaftarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/260
Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr — Names: Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn ArdashīrAbū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr, 4th/10th-c. vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/303
Abū Naṣr al-Saʿdī — Names: Abū Naṣr al-SaʿdīAbū Naṣr al-Saʿdī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/304
Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-Ḥakamī — Names: Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-ḤakamīAbū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hāniʾ al-Ḥakamī, poet (d. ca. 198/813)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/307
Abū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-Iṣbahānī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-IṣbahānīAbū l-Qāsim Ghānim ibn Abī l-ʿAlāʾ al-Iṣbahānī, 4th/10th `or` 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/315
Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān) — Names: Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān)Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-FaḍlAbū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Faḍl (= Ibn al-Qaṭṭān), poet and physician (d. 558/1163)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/316
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
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī — Names: ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-BaghdādīMuwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīIbn al-LabbādʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf al-Baghdādī, philosopher and physician, also known as Ibn al-Labbād (557–629/1162–1231)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/32
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 l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī — Names: Abū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-IshbīlīAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzAbū l-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ṣalt al-Andalusī al-Ishbīlī, physician and poet (d. 528/1134)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/346
Abū l-Sammāl al-Asadī — Names: Abū l-Sammāl al-AsadīAbū l-Sammāl al-Asadī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/347
Abū Shās — Names: Abū ShāsAbū Shās, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/350
Abū Simāk al-Asadī — Names: Abū Simāk al-AsadīAbū Simāk al-Asadī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/352
Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir Abū Sulaymān Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Bahrām al-Sijistānī, known as al-Manṭiqī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir Abū Sulaymān Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Bahrām al-Sijistānī, known as al-ManṭiqīAbū Sulaymān al-SijistānīMuḥammad ibn Ṭāhir Abū Sulaymān Muḥammad ibn Ṭāhir ibn Bahrām al-Sijistānī, known as al-Manṭiqī, philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/357
Abū Tammām — Names: Abū TammāmAbū Tammām, poet (d. ca. 231/845)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/364
Abū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Abū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-ḤusaynAbū Tammām al-Bārid (‘the Cold One’), ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn al-Ḥusayn, 6th/12th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/365
Abū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī — Names: Abū ʿUthmān al-KhālidīAbū ʿUthmān al-Khālidī, 4th/10th-c. poet and man of letters, brother of Abū Bakr al-KhālidīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/376
Abū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf — Names: Abū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn KhalafAbū l-Waḥsh Wuḥaysh al-Asadī Sabʿ ibn Khalaf, poet (d. 579/1184)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/380
Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn ḤassānAbū Yaʿqūb al-Khuraymī, Isḥāq ibn Ḥassān, poet courtier of Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-Amīn (d. 214/829)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/386
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī — Names: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-BaghdādīʿAbd al-Qādir al-Baghdādī, man of letters and lexicographerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/39
Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn Yūjān — Names: Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn YūjānAbū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mūsā ibn Yūjān, vizier of the Almohad ruler al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/390
Abū Zayd al-Balkhī, Aḥmad b. Sahl — Names: Abū Zayd al-Balkhī, Aḥmad b. SahlAbū Zayd al-Balkhī, Aḥmad b. Sahl (d. 322/ 934), philosopher and contemporary of al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/392
Acratus ‘the musician’ — Names: Acratus ‘the musician’Acratus ‘the musician’, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/396
ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ — Names: ʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-RuʾasāʾʿAḍud al-Dīn Abū al-Faraj ibn Raʾīs al-Ruʾasāʾ, vizier to al-Mustaḍīʾ bi-Amr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/402
al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh — Names: al-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūshal-Afḍal ibn Amīr al-Juyūsh, Fatimid vizier 487–515/1094–1121URI: https://usaybia.net/person/408
Agathias of Anazarbus — Names: Agathias of AnazarbusAgathias of Anazarbus, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/414
al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth — Names: al-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawthal-Akhṭal, Ghiyāth ibn Ghawth, Umayyad poet (d. ca. 92/710)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/443
ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī — Names: ʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-AlawīʿAlāʾ al-Mulk al-Alawī, vizier under Sultan Khwārazm ShāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/449
Alexander of Aphrodisias — Names: Alexander of AphrodisiasAlexander of Aphrodisias, 3rd-c. Aristotelian philosopher (confused with Alexander of Damascus)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/453
Alexander of Damascus — Names: Alexander of DamascusAlexander of Damascus, Aristotelian philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/455
ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-Ḥasan — Names: ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-ḤasanʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāh, Abū l-Ḥasan, twice vizier under al-Muqtadir billāh (d. 334/996)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/472
ʿAlī ibn al-Jahm — Names: ʿAlī ibn al-JahmʿAlī ibn al-Jahm, poet active mainly in Baghdad (d. 249/863)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/475
al-ʿAmīd — Names: al-ʿAmīdal-ʿAmīd, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/492
al-Āmidī, Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Taghlibī al-Āmidī — Names: al-Āmidī, Sayf al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Taghlibī al-ĀmidīSayf al-Dīn al-Āmidīal Āmidī Sayf al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Sālim al Taghlibī al Āmidī theologian and philosopher d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/494
Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd — Names: Amīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī SaʿīdAmīn al-DawlahAmīn al-Dawlah Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Ghazāl ibn Abī Saʿīd, vizier and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/497
ʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah — Names: ʿĀmir ibn ṢaʿṣaʿahʿĀmir ibn Ṣaʿṣaʿah, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/500
al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsufal-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf (d. 381/992), philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/502
ʿAmmār Dhū Kubār — Names: ʿAmmār Dhū KubārʿAmmār Dhū Kubār (`recte` Kināz), early 2nd/8th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/503
ʿAmr ibn Shaʾs — Names: ʿAmr ibn ShaʾsʿAmr ibn Shaʾs (d. after 16/637), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/513
Anaxagoras — Names: AnaxagorasAnaxagoras, Pre-socratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/516
Anaximander — Names: AnaximanderAnaximander, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/517
Anaximenes — Names: AnaximenesAnaximenes, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/518
Apollonius of Tyana — Names: Apollonius of TyanaApollonius of Tyana, Neopythagorean holyman and philosopher of 1st-c. ＡⅮ, authority on occult in later traditionsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/550
Archytas — Names: ArchytasArchytas, philosopher of TarentumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/558
Aristotle — Names: AristotleAristotle, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/565
al-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbī — Names: al-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbīal-ʿArqalah Abū l-Nadā Ḥassān ibn Numayr al-Kalbī, poet (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/568
al-Ābī — Names: al-Ābīal-Ābī, Abū Saʿd (`or` Saʿīd) Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥusayn, man of letters and vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/57
Allāh — Names: AllāhAllāh, early Abbasid poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/570
Asad al-Dīn — Names: Asad al-DīnAsad al-Dīn, known as Shīrkūh, one of the last viziers of Fatimid Egypt (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/571
ʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ — Names: ʿAbīd ibn al-AbraṣʿAbīd ibn al-Abraṣ, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/58
ʿĀtikah bint Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl — Names: ʿĀtikah bint Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn NufaylʿĀtikah bint Zayd ibn ʿAmr ibn Nufayl, wife of al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/584
al-Abīwardī — Names: al-Abīwardīal-Abīwardī, poet (d. 507/1113)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/59
al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsimal-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim, poet of unknown dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/603
al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/607
Badr al-Muʿtaḍidī — Names: Badr al-MuʿtaḍidīBadr al-Muʿtaḍidī, commander-in-chief of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/611
al-Bahāʾ — Names: al-Bahāʾal-Bahāʾ, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/612
Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn) — Names: Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn)Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn), military commander (d. 319/941)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/619
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-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-Buḥturī, poet (d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/653
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, — Names: al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn,al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, poet known to ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/662
Burhān al-Dīn — Names: Burhān al-DīnBurhān al-Dīn, vizier of Ayyubid emir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-MuʿaẓẓamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/663
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-QarrābīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Qarrābī, Almohad poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/67
Chrysippus — Names: ChrysippusChrysippus, 3rd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/674
Cleinias of Tarentum Names: Cleinias of TarentumCleinias of Tarentum, Pythagorean philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/676
Damascius — Names: DamasciusDamascius, 5th–6th-c. ＡⅮ Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/690
al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah — Names: al-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamahal-Darkazīnī, ʿImād al-Dīn Abū l-Barakāt ibn Salamah, vizier under the Seljuq ruler Maḥmūd ibn Muḥammad ibn Malikshāh (d. 521/1127)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/697
Democritus of Abdera — Names: Democritus of AbderaDemocritus of Abdera, late-5th-c. founder of Atomist philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/707
Dhū l-Rummah — Names: Dhū l-RummahDhū l-Rummah, poet (d. 117/735–736)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/711
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, Greek Cynic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/715
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn YazīdAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/73
Empedocles of Agrigentum — Names: Empedocles of AgrigentumEmpedocles of Agrigentum, Presocratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/736
Epicurus — Names: EpicurusEpicurus, Athenian philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/738
Eudemus — Names: EudemusEudemus, 2nd-c. Peripatetic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/744
Euphanes — Names: EuphanesEuphanes, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/750
al-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿ — Names: al-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿal-Faḍl ibn al-Rabīʿ, vizier of caliphs Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/757
al-Faḍl ibn Sahl — Names: al-Faḍl ibn Sahlal-Faḍl ibn Sahl, vizier under the caliph al-MaʿmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/758
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-Rayy — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-RayyIbn Khaṭīb al-Rayy (Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī)Fakhr al Dīn al Rāzī Ibn Khaṭīb al Rayy The Son of the Preacher of Rayy philosopher and theologian author of the monumental Qurʾanic...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/762
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān — Names: al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn ṬarkhānAbū Naṣr al-Fārābīal-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān, philosopher and scholar of music (ca. 256–338/870–950)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/765
al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib) — Names: al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib)al-Farazdaq (Hammām ibn Ghālib), Umayyad poet (d. 110/728)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/767
al-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: al-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malikal-Fāriqī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, poet (d. after 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/770
Favorinus of Arelate Names: Favorinus of ArelateFavorinus of Arelate, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Roman philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/775
al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī — Names: al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsīal-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (d. 505/1111), philosopher and theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/797
Glaucon — Names: GlauconGlaucon, philosopher friend and dedicatee of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/800
al-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinī — Names: al-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinīal-Ḥakam ibn Muḥammad ibn Qanbar (`or` Qunbur) al-Māzinī, 3rd/9th-c. poet from BasraURI: https://usaybia.net/person/812
Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ḥāmid ibn al-ʿAbbāsḤāmid ibn al-ʿAbbās, vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/818
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Bajjānī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-BajjānīAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd al-Bajjānī, poet who lived in Cordova (d. ca. 400/1009–1010)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/82
Ḥammād ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ḥammād ibn IsḥāqḤammād ibn Isḥāq, musician (150–235/767– 850)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/820
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-Maʾmūn — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-MaʾmūnAbū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Nūr al-Dawlah Abū Shujāʿ al-Āmirī al-Maʾmūn, Fatimid vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/83
al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Ḥārithīal-Ḥārithī, unidentified poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/830
Harthamah ibn Aʿyan — Names: Harthamah ibn AʿyanHarthamah ibn Aʿyan, surnamed ‘the unfortunate’ (`al-mashʾūm`), commander under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/835
al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭīal-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Abū l-Jawāʾiz al-Wāsiṭī (d. 460/1067–1068), poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/847
al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqīal-Ḥasan ibn Bishr al-Dimashqī, satiric poet at the court of the Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/849
al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥal-Ḥasan ibn Makhlad ibn al-Jarrāḥ, vizier under al-Muʿtamid (d. 269/882)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/852
Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī — Names: Ḥassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-QushayrīḤassān ibn al-Ḥubāb ibn al-Walīd al-Qushayrī, 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/863
Ḥātim ibn Saʿīd — Names: Ḥātim ibn SaʿīdḤātim ibn Saʿīd, Andalusī poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/864
Ḥātim al-Ṭāʾī — Names: Ḥātim al-ṬāʾīḤātim al-Ṭāʾī – pre-Islamic poet proverbial for his generosityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/865
Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī — Names: Saʿd b. Muḥammad al-TamīmīSaʿd b. Muḥammad al-Tamīmī, poet (d. 574/1179)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/866
al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlīDallāl al-Kutubal-Ḥaẓīrī, ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Abī l-Maʿālī Saʿd ibn ʿAlī – known as Dallāl al-Kutub (‘the Book Hawker’); poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/867
Heraclitus — Names: HeraclitusHeraclitus, Presocratic Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/870
Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī — Names: Ḥujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-FanakīḤujjat al-Dīn Marwān ibn ʿAlī ibn Salāmah al-Fanakī, vizier (d. after 550/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/894
Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr — Names: Humām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn NaṣrHumām al-Dīn al-ʿAbdī, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Naṣr, poet (d. 596/1199)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/896
al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr — Names: al-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣral-Huzaymī al-Abīwardī, Abū Naṣr, 4th/10thc. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/907
Iamblichus — Names: IamblichusIamblichus, Syrian Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/909
Ibn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād — Names: Ibn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbādIbn ʿAbbād, Abū l-Qāsim Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbbād, known as Kāfī l-Kufāh `or` al-Ṣāḥib, Būyid vizier (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/910
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-BaghlIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Muḥammad Raʾs al-Baghl, littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/915
Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah — Names: Ibn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn KhalīfahIbn Abī Uṣaybiʿah, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim ibn Khalīfah , the author of the present book `passim` treatises specifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/926
Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib — Names: Ibn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātibIbn Aflaḥ, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aflaḥ al-kātib, poet (d. 535/1141)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/931
Ibn al-Aḥmar — Names: Ibn al-AḥmarIbn al-Aḥmar, poet from the 1st/7th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/932
Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn MuḥammadIbn al-ʿAmīd, Abū l-Faḍl Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad (d. 360/970), vizier and man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/933
Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn — Names: Ibn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-DīnIbn ʿArabī, Muḥyī l-Dīn (d. 638/1240), Andalusī mystic and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/935
Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr — Names: Ibn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn NaṣrIbn al-Aṭṭār, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū Bakr Manṣūr ibn Naṣr (d. 575/1179), vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/938
Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh — Names: Ibn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-ṢāʾighIbn BājjahIbn Bājjah, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-Ṣāʾigh, Andalusian philosopher and physician (d. 533/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/943
Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn — Names: Ibn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-DīnIbn al-Baladī, Sharaf al-Dīn, vizier under al-MustanjidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/946
Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad] — Names: Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad]Ibn Baqiyyah, Abū Ṭāhir [Muḥammad], vizier of ʿIzz al-Dawlah Bakhtiyār (d. 367/978)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/947
Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ — Names: Abū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-JarrāḥAbū ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĪsā ibn Dāʾūd ibn al-Jarrāḥ (active 325/936), vizier of al-Rāḍī and al-MuttaqīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/95
Ibn Bassām — Names: Ibn BassāmIbn Bassām, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/952
Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī — Names: Ibn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-ḤanafīIbn Buṣāqah, al-Ṣāḥib Fakhr al-Quḍāh Abū l-Fatḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Hibat Allāh al-Ḥanafī, poet (d. 650/1252–1253)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/960
ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn Durrah — Names: ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn DurrahʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī (d. 628/1230) Ibn al-Darrī, Yūsuf ibn Durrah, poet (d. 545/1151)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/964
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-Ramlī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-RamlīAbū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn Bishr al-Ramlī, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/98
Ibn al-Furāt — Names: Ibn al-FurātIbn al-Furāt, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn al-Ḥasan (d. 312/924), vizier to al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/981
Ibn al-Habbāriyyah — Names: Ibn al-HabbāriyyahIbn al-Habbāriyyah, al-Sharīf Abū Yaʿlā Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ, poet (d. 504/1110– 1111 `or` 509/1116)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/984
Ibn al-Ḥajjāj — Names: Ibn al-ḤajjājIbn al-Ḥajjāj, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn, poet (d. 391/1001)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/986
Ibn Ḥamdān — Names: Ibn ḤamdānIbn Ḥamdān, Naṣīr al-Dawlah Abū ʿAlī l-Ḥusayn ibn Abī ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥamdān, 11th-c. commander under al-MustanṣirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/992
Ibn Ḥamdūn al-Nadīm (Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn) — Names: Ibn Ḥamdūn al-Nadīm (Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn)Ibn Ḥamdūn al Nadīm Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥamdūn littérateur and companion of caliphs al Maʾmūn al Muʿtaṣim al Mutawakkil d 264...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/993
Ibn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī — Names: Ibn Hāniʾ al-AndalusīIbn Hāniʾ al-Andalusī, poet (d. ca. 362/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/995

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