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Results (174)

Ibn Masarrah — Names: Ibn MasarrahIbn Masarrah, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh, Esotericist (Bāṭinī) philosopher from Cordoba (d. 319/931)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1045
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-Mudabbir — Names: Ibn al-MudabbirAḥmad ibn Muḥammad, known as Ibn al-Mudabbir, the SecretaryIbn al-Mudabbir, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, known as `al-Kātib`, high official under al-Wāthiq and al-Mutawakkil (d. 270 `or` 271/883 `or` 84)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1055
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 Munqidh — Names: Ibn MunqidhIbn Munqidh, al-Mubārak ibn Kāmil ibn ʿAlī, high official under SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1063
Abū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī — Names: Abū ʿAmr al-AʿjamīAbū ʿAmr al-Aʿjamī, courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/108
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) — Names: Ibn Rushd (Averroes)Abū l-Walīd ibn RushdIbn Rushd (Averroes), Abū l-Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, philosopher (d. 595/ 1198)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1096
Ibn al-Ṣalāḥ — Names: Ibn al-ṢalāḥIbn al-Ṣalāḥ, Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Futūḥ Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Sarī, philosopher, astronomer, physician (d. 540/1145 `or` 548/1153)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1109
Ibn Sayyid al-Muhandis — Names: Ibn Sayyid al-MuhandisIbn Sayyid al-Muhandis, Abu Zayd ʿAbd ar-Rahman, Andalusī geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1115
Ibn al-Shanāʿah — Names: Ibn al-ShanāʿahIbn al-Shanāʿah, unidentified Andalusī mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1119
Ibn Sīnā — Names: Ibn Sīnāal-Shaykh al-Raʾīs Ibn SīnāIbn Sīnā, Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Shaykh al-Raʾīs (d. 428/1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1125
Ibn al-Ṭayyib — Names: Ibn al-ṬayyibAbū l-Faraj ibn al-ṬayyibIbn al-Ṭayyib, Abū l-Faraj ʿAbd Allāh, Christian physician and philosopher (d. 435/1043)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1136
Ibn Ṭufayl — Names: Ibn ṬufaylIbn Ṭufayl (d. 581/1185–1186), Andalusī philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1142
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 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 al-Buḥturī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn al-BuḥturīIbrāhīm ibn al-Buḥturī, official of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1193
Ibrāhīm ibn Jamīl — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn JamīlIbrāhīm ibn Jamīl, official during the reign of al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1197
Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Baṭḥā — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn BaṭḥāIbrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Baṭḥā, 4th/10thc. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1200
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
Isḥāq ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ — Names: Isḥāq ibn al-ṢabbāḥIsḥāq ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ, governor of Kufa under al-Mahdī and al-Rashīd, and father of al-KindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1268
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī — Names: Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-HāshimīIsḥāq ibn Sulaymān ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, governor under Hārūn al-Rashīd and al-AmīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1271
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
ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī) — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī)ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh-Shāh (`or` ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Muʿaẓẓamī `or` ʿIzz al-Dīn Aybak al-Muʿaẓẓamī), Ayyubid governor of ṢarkhadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1292
ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn Ayyūb — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn AyyūbʿIzz al-Dīn Farrukh Shāh ibn Shāhān Shāh ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid governor of BaalbekURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1293
ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-Ḍarīr — Names: ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ghanawī al-Rāfiḍī al-Irbilī al-ḌarīrʿIzz al Dīn al Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al Ghanawī al Rāfiḍī al Irbilī al Ḍarīr d 660 1262 poet philosopher teacher of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1294
Jaḥẓah — Names: JaḥẓahJaḥẓah, Aḥmad ibn Jaʿfar al-Barmakī, courtier, man of letters, poet (d. 324/936)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1307
Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn NubātahJalāl al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Nubātah, al-Ṣāḥib, unidentified high officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1309
al-Jarīrī — Names: al-Jarīrīal-Jarīrī, Muʿāfā ibn Zakariyyā, littérateur (d. 390/1000)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1326
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
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
Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī — Names: Abū l-Barakāt al-BaghdādīAwḥad al-Zamān (Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī)Abū l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, Awḥad al-Zamān Hibat Allāh ibn ʿAlī ibn Malkā, Jewish philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/139
al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq — Names: al-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn IsḥaqYaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq al-Kindīal-Kindī, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥaq, philosopher (ca. 185–252/801–866)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1408
Mākird the Daylamite — Names: Mākird the DaylamiteMākird the Daylamite, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1448
al-Malik ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Dāwūd ibn Bahrām — Names: al-Malik ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Dāwūd ibn Bahrāmal-Malik ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Dāwūd ibn Bahrām (also known as Dāwūd Shāh), governor of Erzinjān (d. 624/1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1456
al-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūb — Names: al-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūbal-Malik al-Ḥāfiẓ Nūr al-Dīn Arslān Shāh ibn Abī bakr ibn Ayyūb, Ayyubid governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1467
al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān] — Names: al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān]al-Manṣūr ibn Ismāʿīl [ibn Khāqān], ‘Governor of Khorasan and Transoxiana’ to whom ⅠＡＵ (apparently in error) says al-Rāzī dedicated his book `al-Manṣūrī`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1506
Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn — Names: Manṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-ḤusaynManṣūr ibn Ṭalḥah ibn Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn (active 3rd/9th c.), philosopher and Ṭāhirid governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1507
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
Abū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Muhandis — Names: Abū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-MuhandisAbū l-Faḍl ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Muhandis, geometrician and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/153
Māshāʾallāh — Names: MāshāʾallāhMāshāʾallāh, astrologer courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1533
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
Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī — Names: Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-SāmirīMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Abī Saʿīd al-Sāmirī, Samaritan philosopher and physician (d. 624/1227)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1597
Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr — Names: Muḥammad ibn Abī BakrMuḥammad ibn Abī Bakr, governor of Egypt in the caliphate of ʿAlī ibn Abī ṬālibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1609
Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-Ṭūsī — Names: Muḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-ṬūsīMuḥammad ibn Abī l-Faḍl al-Ṭūsī, governor of ṬūsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1610
Muḥammad ibn al-Jahm — Names: Muḥammad ibn al-JahmMuḥammad ibn al-Jahm (active 3rd/8th c.), Muʿtazilite philosoper and officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1621
Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Malik — Names: Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-MalikMuḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik patron of translators perhaps = Abū ʿImrān Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al Malik ibn Hishām al Iṣbahānī high...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1628
Mūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-Shāshī — Names: Mūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-ShāshīMūsā ibn Abī l-ʿAbbās al-Shāshī, governor of al-Shāsh (Tashkent)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1672
Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī — Names: Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubīal-Raʾīs Mūsā ibn Maymūn (Maimonides)Mūsā ibn Maymūn, Moses Maimonides, Abū ʿImrān al-Qurṭubī (527–606/1135–1208) Jewish theologian, philosopher and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1678
al-Muʿtamid — Names: al-Muʿtamidal-Muʿtamid, governor of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1695
Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-SalāmMuwaffaq al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Salām, physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1710
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
Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim) — Names: Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim)Muwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-SāmirīMuwaffaq al-Dīn Yaʿqūb al-Sāmirī (Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb ibn Ghanāʾim), Samaritan physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1716
Muẓaffar ibn al-Dawātī — Names: Muẓaffar ibn al-DawātīMuẓaffar ibn al-Dawātī, 5th/11th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1719
Najāḥ al-Sharābī, Najm al-Dawlah Abū l-Yumn — Names: Najāḥ al-Sharābī, Najm al-Dawlah Abū l-YumnNajāḥ al-Sharābī, Najm al-Dawlah Abū l-Yumn (d. 615/1218), official at the caliphal courtURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1727
Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī) — Names: Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī)Najīb al-Dīn Asʿad al-Hamadānī (`or` al-Hamadhānī), philosopher from PersiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1731
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
Numenius Names: NumeniusNumenius, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Platonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1785
Olympiodorus Names: OlympiodorusOlympiodorus, 5th-c. philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1789
Panaetius of Rhodes Names: Panaetius of RhodesPanaetius of Rhodes, 2nd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1796
Parmenides — Names: ParmenidesParmenides, Presocratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1798
Plato — Names: PlatoPlato, 4th-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1829
Pliny the Younger Names: Pliny the YoungerPliny the Younger, 1st/2nd-c. courtierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1831
Porphyry — Names: PorphyryPorphyry, philosopher author of `Isagoge` (d. ca. 305)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1841
Posidonius — Names: PosidoniusPosidonius, 2nd-c. BC philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1843
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-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī — Names: al-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb al-Miṣrīal-Quṭb (Quṭb al-Dīn) al-Miṣrī, physician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1887
al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā — Names: al-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ZakariyyāAbū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā al-Rāzīal-Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyā, physician and philosopher (ca. 250– 313/854–925)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1919
Ṣāliḥ ibn al-Rashīd — Names: Ṣāliḥ ibn al-RashīdṢāliḥ ibn al-Rashīd, son of Hārūn al-Rashīd, governor of al-BaṣrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1985
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
Sejanus Names: SejanusSejanus, 1st-c. ＡⅮ Roman officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2023
al-Shahrazūrī Names: al-Shahrazūrīal-Shahrazūrī, 7th/13th-c. physician, historian and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2045
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
Shihāb al-Dīn Atābekī — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn AtābekīShihāb al-Dīn Atābekī, governor of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2080
Socrates — Names: SocratesSocrates, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2125
al-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-Dīn — Names: al-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-DīnShihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardīal-Suhrawardī, Shihāb al-Dīn, philosopher and mysticURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2139
Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr) — Names: Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr)Abū Hāshim al-Masrūr the Elder (al-Kabīr), courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/214
Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir — Names: Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ṬāhirSulaymān ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, Baghdadi official under al-MuhtadīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2149
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
Sumayyah — Names: SumayyahSumayyah, mother (possibly by Abū Sufyān, father of Muʿāwiyah) of Ziyād ibn Abīhī, governor of IraqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2160
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
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
Themistius — Names: ThemistiusThemistius, philosopher and courtier (ca. 317–388)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2205
Theodorus of Athens — Names: Theodorus of AthensTheodorus of Athens, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2212
Theon — Names: TheonTheon, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ mathematician and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2218
Theophrastus of Eresos Names: Theophrastus of EresosTheophrastus of Eresos, philosopher and successor to Aristotle (d. ca. 287BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2219
Timotheus — Names: TimotheusTimotheus, Greek philosopher, teacher of SocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2235
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
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Mahdī — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-MahdīʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Mahdī, governor of Egypt under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2253
Wahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū Ṣaqr — Names: Wahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū ṢaqrWahb ibn Muḥammad al-Kalwadhānī, Abū Ṣaqr, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2282
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
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
Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān) — Names: Ziyād ibn Abīhi (Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān)Ziyād ibn Abīhi (also known as Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), governor of Iraq and the eastern provinces under MuʿāwiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2376
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 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
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn ṬāhirʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir, governor of KhorasanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/26
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 Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid — Names: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-WāḥidAbū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid, governor of IfrīqiyahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/278
Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-Ṣayrafī — Names: Abū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-ṢayrafīAbū l-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Sulaymān, Ibn al-Ṣayrafī, Fatimid official (d. 532/1147)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/310
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 Saʿīd ibn al-Muʿawwaj — Names: Abū Saʿīd ibn al-MuʿawwajAbū Saʿīd ibn al-Muʿawwaj, 5th/11th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/339
Abū Salīm — Names: Abū SalīmAbū Salīm, courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/344
Abū Sulaym Faraj — Names: Abū Sulaym FarajAbū Sulaym Faraj, Turkish `mawlā` of Hārūn al-Rashīd and governorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/355
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 Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Iskāfī — Names: Abū Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-IskāfīAbū Thughrah, Abū l-Qāsim ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Iskāfī, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/368
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 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 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
Agathias of Anazarbus — Names: Agathias of AnazarbusAgathias of Anazarbus, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/414
Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid — Names: Aḥmad ibn Ilyās al-QāʾidAḥmad ibn Ilyās al-Qāʾid, governor of CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/428
Aḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn — Names: Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnAḥmad ibn Ṭūlūn, Turkish governor of Egypt, founder of the Ṭūlūnid dynasty (220/835– 270/884)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/437
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, known as al-Fayyūm — Names: ʿAlī, known as al-FayyūmʿAlī, known as al-Fayyūm, Christian patron of translators including Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, governor of the Egyptian district of FayyūmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/461
ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAlī — Names: ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAlīʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn ʿAlī, courtier of al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/47
ʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān — Names: ʿAlī ibn WāhsūdhānʿAlī ibn Wāhsūdhān the Daylamite (d. after 304/917), governor of RayyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/482
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
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
ʿAmr ibn Nuhaywī — Names: ʿAmr ibn NuhaywīʿAmr ibn Nuhaywī, official under al-MaʾmūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/511
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
ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī — Names: ʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-ḌabbīʿAnbasah ibn Isḥāq al-Ḍabbī, governor of Daybul (Sind) under al-WāthiqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/520
Androcles — Names: AndroclesAndrocles, governor of Samos and fosterfather of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/525
Apollonius of Perga — Names: Apollonius of PergaApollonius (of Perga, Greek astronomer and geometer, d. ca. 190BC)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/549
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
ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī — Names: ʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-JawharīʿAwn al-ʿIbādī al-Jawharī, governor of al-Ḥīrah under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/592
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
Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī — Names: Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-AzdīBishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-Azdī, governor of Balad under al-MuʿtaṣimURI: https://usaybia.net/person/648
Chrysippus — Names: ChrysippusChrysippus, 3rd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/674

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