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Ibn al-Kalbī — Names: Ibn al-KalbīIbn al-Kalbī, Hishām, 2nd/8th-c. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1019
Ibn Khaldūn — Names: Ibn KhaldūnIbn Khaldūn, historian (d. 808/1406)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1026
Ibn al-Khammār — Names: Ibn al-KhammārAbū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār, known as Ibn al-KhammārIbn al-Khammār, Abū l-Khayr al-Ḥasan ibn Suwār ibn Bābā ibn Bihrām (Bihnām), teacher of Ibn al-Ṭayyib and Ibn HindūURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1028
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 Munqidh — Names: Ibn MunqidhIbn Munqidh, al-Mubārak ibn Kāmil ibn ʿAlī, high official under SaladinURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1063
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 al-Muṭrān — Names: Ibn al-MuṭrānMuwaffaq al-Dīn ibn al-MuṭrānIbn al Muṭrān Muwaffaq al Dīn Abū Naṣr Asʿad ibn Ilyās personal physician of Saladin teacher of al Dakhwār author of `Bustān al aṭibbāʾ...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1070
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-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
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
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 al-Shajarī — Names: Ibn al-ShajarīIbn al-Shajarī, scholar, teacher of al-Khaṭīb al-TibrīzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1117
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 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-Tabbān — Names: Ibn al-TabbānIbn al-Tabbān, Ṣafī al-Dīn Abū ʿAlī, teacher of musicURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1131
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 al-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
Abū l-ʿAynāʾ al-Miṣrī — Names: Abū l-ʿAynāʾ al-MiṣrīAbū l-ʿAynāʾ al-Miṣrī, teacher of Abū l-ʿAlāʾ ibn ZuhrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/117
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 Aḥmad al-Marwāzī — Names: Ibrāhīm ibn Aḥmad al-MarwāzīIbrāhīm ibn Aḥmad al-Marwāzī, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnus (d. 339– 341/951)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1185
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
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
al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
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-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
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-Khūnajī — Names: al-KhūnajīAfḍal al-Dīn al-Khūnajīal-Khūnajī, Afḍal al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil Muḥammad ibn Nāmawar, physician, teacher of ⅠＡＵ (d. 646/1248)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1401
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
al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasanal-Kindī al-Naḥwī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū l-Yumn Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan, grammarian and teacher of literary sciences (d. 613/1217)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1409
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
Majd al-Dīn al-Jīlī — Names: Majd al-Dīn al-JīlīMajd al-Dīn al-Jīlī, scholar, teacher of Fakhr al-Dīn al-RāzīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1444
Mākird the Daylamite — Names: Mākird the DaylamiteMākird the Daylamite, 4th/10th-c. officialURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1448
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
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
al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Salām — Names: al-Māridīnī, Fakhr al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-SalāmFakhr al-Dīn al-Māridīnīal Māridīnī Fakhr al Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al Salām physician and teacher of Shihāb al Dīn al Suhrawardī al Maqtūl...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1514
Māshāʾallāh — Names: MāshāʾallāhMāshāʾallāh, astrologer courtier of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1533
Abū l-Faḍl al-Isrāʾīlī — Names: Abū l-Faḍl al-IsrāʾīlīAbū l-Faḍl al-Isrāʾīlī, teacher of Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/157
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 al-ʿUrḍī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍīMuʾayyid al-Dīn al-ʿUrḍī (ca. 596–664/ ca. 1200–1266), teacher of Ibn al-QuffURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1586
Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī — Names: Muhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlīMuhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm b. ʿAlī al- DakhwārMuhadhdhab al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī, known as al-DakhwārMuhadhdhab al Dīn ʿAbd al Raḥīm ibn ʿAlī known as al Dakhwār high ranking Syrian physician teacher of ⅠＡＵ Ibn al Nafīs and Ibn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1594
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 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 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
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 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
Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Minfākh, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī l-Fāḍl Asʿad ibn Ḥulwān — Names: Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Minfākh, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī l-Fāḍl Asʿad ibn ḤulwānNajm al-Dīn ibn al-MinfākhNajm al Dīn ibn al Minfākh Abū l ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Abī l Fāḍl Asʿad ibn Ḥulwān nicknamed the son of the singer physician...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1735
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
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
Pelops — Names: PelopsPelops, Dogmatist teacher of GalenURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1803
Pherecydes of Syrus — Names: Pherecydes of SyrusPherecydes of Syrus, early cosmologist, teacher of PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1817
Abū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf — Names: Abū l-Ḥajjāj YūsufAbū l-Ḥajjāj Yūsuf, Shihāb al-Dīn, oculist in Egypt, teacher of ⅠＡＵ’s father ca. 1200URI: https://usaybia.net/person/182
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
Quṭuz Quwayrī — Names: Quṭuz QuwayrīQuwayrāQuṭuz Quwayrī (sometimes spelled Fūthirī `or` Fūtirī), Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm, teacher of philosophy in BaghdadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1889
al-Raḍī al-Qazwīnī — Names: al-Raḍī al-Qazwīnīal-Raḍī al-Qazwīnī (?= Raḍī al-Dīn Abū al-Khayr Aḥmad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭāliqānī) (d. 590/1194), teacher of dialectic and exegesisURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1898
Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Ḥammād ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn al-Fuḍayl al-Ḥarrānī — Names: Rashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Ḥammād ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn al-Fuḍayl al-ḤarrānīRashīd al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Ḥammād ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Ḥammād ibn al-Fuḍayl al-Ḥarrānī, teacher of HadithURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1913
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
Rūfīl (`or` Rūbīl) — Names: Rūfīl (`or` Rūbīl)Rūfīl (`or` Rūbīl), apparently teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1925
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-ʿAṣṣār — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-ʿAṣṣārAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-ʿAṣṣār (d. 576/1180), teacher of Ibn al-MuʾammilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/194
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
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
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
Abū l-Ḥasan ibn Nafīs — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ibn NafīsAbū l-Ḥasan ibn Nafīs, teacher of Ibrahim ibn BaksURI: https://usaybia.net/person/203
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
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
Sharaf al-Kuttāb Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamzah ibn Jiyā (or Jiyāʾ) — Names: Sharaf al-Kuttāb Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamzah ibn Jiyā (or Jiyāʾ)Sharaf al-Kuttāb Abū l-Faraj Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ḥamzah ibn Jiyā (or Jiyāʾ) (d. 579/1183), teacher of Ibn al-MuʾammilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2070
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Socrates — Names: SocratesSocrates, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2125

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