Index of Persons

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Results (720)

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
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nadrūmī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-NadrūmīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Nadrūmī, Muḥammad ibn Ṣaḥnūn, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/85
al-Ḥasan ibn Quraysh — Names: al-Ḥasan ibn Qurayshal-Ḥasan ibn Quraysh, early 3rd/9th-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/855
Ḥasdāy ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ḥasdāy ibn IsḥāqḤasdāy ibn Isḥāq, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/860
Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-Faḍl — Names: Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-FaḍlAbū l-Faḍl Ḥasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn ḤasdāyḤasdāy ibn Yūsuf ibn Ḥasdāy, Abū l-Faḍl, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/861
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
Heracleides — Names: HeracleidesHeracleides, physician of antiquity, father of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/868
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Nuʿaym ibn Ḥammād ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Khuzāʿī al-Marwazī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Nuʿaym ibn Ḥammād ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Khuzāʿī al-MarwazīAbū ʿAbd Allāh Nuʿaym ibn Ḥammād ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Khuzāʿī al-Marwazī, 3rd/10th-c. Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/87
Hero — Names: HeroHero, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/873
Herodotus — Names: HerodotusHerodotus, 1st–2nd-c. physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/875
Herophilus of Chalcedon — Names: Herophilus of ChalcedonHerophilus of Chalcedon, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/876
Hibat Allāh ibn Ilyās — Names: Hibat Allāh ibn IlyāsHibat Allāh ibn Ilyās, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/879
Hippocrates — Names: HippocratesHippocrates, Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/886
Hippocrates of Gerasa — Names: Hippocrates of GerasaHippocrates of Gerasa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/887
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
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī — Names: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādīḤunayn ibn IsḥāqḤunayn ibn Isḥāq, Abū Zayd Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-ʿIbādī, Christian physician and translator (192– 260/808–873)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/899
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn ḤassānAbū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ḥassān, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/90
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
Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān — Names: Ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-RaḥmānIbn ʿAbd Rabbih, Abū ʿUthmān Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, nephew of Abū ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd Rabbih, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/914
Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadIbn Abī l-Ashʿath, Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, Persian physician active in Mosul (d. ca. 360/970)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/916
Ibn Abī l-Bayān, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd ibn Abī-l-Bayān (i.e. Sadīd al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Bayān Sulaymān ibn Abī l-Faraj Isrāʾīl ibn Abī l-Ṭayyib Sulaymān ibn Mubārak) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Bayān, al-Shaykh al-Sadīd ibn Abī-l-Bayān (i.e. Sadīd al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l-Bayān Sulaymān ibn Abī l-Faraj Isrāʾīl ibn Abī l-Ṭayyib Sulaymān ibn Mubārak)Ibn Abī l-BayānIbn Abī l Bayān al Shaykh al Sadīd ibn Abī l Bayān i e Sadīd al Dīn Abū l Faḍl Dāwūd ibn Abī l...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/917
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-Masīḥī — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-MasīḥīAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Maḥfūẓ ibn al-Masīḥī (`or` al-Musabbiḥī?), physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/92
Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir) — Names: Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Jamāl al-Dīn (al-Shaykh al-Imām al-ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al-Qaysī, also known as Ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir)Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirIbn Abī l Ḥawāfir Jamāl al Dīn al Shaykh al Imām al ʿĀlim Abū ʿAmr ʿUthmān ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAqīl al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/920
Ibn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-Tamīmī — Names: Ibn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-TamīmīIbn Abī Rimthah al-TamīmīIbn Abī Rimthah (`or` Ramthah) al-Tamīmī (also known as Abū Rimthah `or` Ramthah), physician contemporary of MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/922
Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī — Names: Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-NīsābūrīIbn Abī ṢādiqIbn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAlī, 5th/11th-c. Persian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/923
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 Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl — Names: Ibn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl IsmāʿīlIbn Abī l-Waqqār, Abū l-Faḍl Ismāʿīl, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/929
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Muḥammad — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ MuḥammadAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Muḥammad, physician and son of Abū Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥafīd Abī Bakr ibn ZuhrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/93
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 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-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn Manṣūr — Names: Ibn al-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn ManṣūrIbn al-ʿAynzarbīIbn al-ʿAynzarbī, Muwaffaq al-Dīn Abū Naṣr ʿAdnān ibn Manṣūr, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/939
Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-ḤasanAbū l-ʿAlāʾ Ṣāʿid ibn al-Ḥasan, physician in al-Raḥbah (d, 464/1072)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/94
Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī — Names: Ibn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-MiṣrīIbn Bābashādh, Abū l-Ḥasan Ṭāhir b. Aḥmad al-Miṣrī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/940
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 Bakkalārish — Names: Ibn BakkalārishIbn Bakkalārish (?)BaklārishBiklārishIbn Bakkalārish (also Baklārish and Biklārish), Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/945
Ibn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās — Names: Ibn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbāsAbū Ṭāhir ibn al-BarakhshīIbn al-Barakhshī, Abū Ṭāhir Muwaffaq al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-ʿAbbās, physician and littérateur from Wāsiṭ (d. after 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/948
Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: Ibn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn MuḥammadIbn Barhān, Abū l-Fatḥ Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and jurist (d. 520//1126)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/949
Ibn Barrī — Names: Ibn BarrīIbn Barrī, grammarianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/950
Ibn Bassām — Names: Ibn BassāmIbn Bassām, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/952
Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ibn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlīIbn al-Budhūkh al-Qalaʿī, Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī, Maghribī physician working in DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/957
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
Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn — Names: Ibn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūnIbn BuṭlānIbn Buṭlān, al-Mukhtār ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn, Christian physician (d. 458/1066)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/961
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 Dāwūd ibn Sarābīyūn — Names: Ibn Dāwūd ibn SarābīyūnIbn Dāwūd ibn Sarābīyūn, physician son of Dāwūd ibn SarābīyūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/965
Ibn al-Dāyah — Names: Ibn al-DāyahIbn al Dāyah Abū l Ḥasan Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm al Ḥāsib courtier and assistant to Ibrāhīm ibn al Mahdī author of `Akhbār al atibbāʾ`...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/967
Ibn al-Dhahabī — Names: Ibn al-DhahabīIbn al-Dhahabī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Azdī, 5th/11thc. Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/969
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī) — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī)Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad ibn Abān (Abū ʿAlī al-Fārisī), grammarian (d. 377/987)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/97
Ibn Diḥyah — Names: Ibn DiḥyahIbn Diḥyah (d. 633/1235), Andalusian poet and anthologistURI: https://usaybia.net/person/970
Ibn Dīnār — Names: Ibn DīnārIbn Dīnār, 5th/11th-c. physician in MayyāfāriqīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/971
Ibn Durayd — Names: Ibn DuraydIbn Durayd, grammarian (d. 321/933)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/974
Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī — Names: Ibn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-FasawīIbn Durustawayh ibn al-Marzubān al-Fasawī, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Jaʿfar, grammarian (d. 347/958)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/975
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 Habal (`or` Hubal) — Names: Ibn Habal (`or` Hubal)Shams al-Dīn [ibn Muhadhdhab al-Dīn] ibn HabalIbn Habal `or` Hubal Shams al Dīn Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muhadhdhab al Dīn Abī l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/983
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-Ḥājib — Names: Ibn al-ḤājibMuhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad ibn al-ḤājibIbn al-Ḥājib, Muhadhdhab al-Dīn Aḥmad, Damascene physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/985
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 al-Ḥallāʾ al-Mursī — Names: Ibn al-Ḥallāʾ al-MursīIbn al-Ḥallāʾ al-Mursī, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/987
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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