Index of Persons

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Results (355)

Manṣūr ibn Bānās — Names: Manṣūr ibn BānāsManṣūr ibn Bānās, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1504
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
Manṣūr al-Namarī — Names: Manṣūr al-NamarīManṣūr al-Namarī, poet of the 2nd/8th c.URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1509
al-Maryamī — Names: al-Maryamīal-Maryamī, probably the 3rd/9th-c. Egyptian poet al-Qāsim ibn Yaḥyā al-MaryamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1525
Māsarjawayh — Names: MāsarjawayhMāsarjawayh (also Māsarjīs, Persian Māsargōye), Jewish Umayyad physician and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1529
al-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammadal-Mastūr, Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad, grammarian and poet (d. 392/1001–1002)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1540
Maymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-Aʿshā — Names: Maymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-AʿshāMaymūn ibn Qays ibn Thaʿlabah al-Aʿshā, poet (d. after 3/625)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1551
Mihyār al-Daylamī — Names: Mihyār al-DaylamīMihyār al-Daylamī, poet (d. 428/1036–1037)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1565
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 ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār — Names: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-BazzārMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī al-Bazzār, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1606
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 Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’ — Names: Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’Muḥammad ibn Hārūn ibn Makhlad ‘Kubbah al-Kātib’, 3rd/9th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1616
Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr — Names: Abū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-MastūrAbū l-Faraj al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad al-Mastūr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/162
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 Khalaf al-Marzubān — Names: Muḥammad ibn Khalaf al-MarzubānMuḥammad ibn Khalaf al-Marzubān, 3rd/9th-c. scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1622
Muḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh — Names: Muḥammad ibn Maymūn MarkūshMuḥammad ibn Maymūn Markūsh, Andalusian grammarian and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1626
al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim — Names: al-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-MunajjimMuḥammad ibn Mūsā the Astrologeral-Ḥasanī Muḥammad ibn Mūsā, Abū Jaʿfar al-Munajjim (‘the astrologer’), son of Mūsā ibn Shākir, patron of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1627
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
Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb — Names: Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-ṬabībMuḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṭabīb, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1630
Muḥammad ibn Yasīr — Names: Muḥammad ibn YasīrMuḥammad ibn Yasīr, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1642
Muḥammad al-Shajjār — Names: Muḥammad al-ShajjārMuḥammad al-Shajjār, one of the Andalusī translators of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1644
al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr — Names: al-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīral-Munayḥī, Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1661
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
Muslim ibn al-Walīd — Names: Muslim ibn al-WalīdMuslim ibn al-Walīd, poet (d. 207/823) 10.64.19.5n, 13.63.8.2nURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1682
al-Muʿtamid — Names: al-Muʿtamidal-Muʿtamid, governor of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1695
Mutammim ibn Nuwayrah — Names: Mutammim ibn NuwayrahMutammim ibn Nuwayrah, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1697
al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī — Names: al-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfīal-Mutanabbī, Abū l-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī, poet (d. 354/965)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1698
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
Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī — Names: Abū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-ḤamdānīAbū l-Fatḥ ʿUthmān ibn Jinnī see Ibn Jinnī Abū Firās al-Ḥamdānī, poet (d. 357/968)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/172
al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithīal-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1728
Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-HurthīNajm al-Dīn Abū l-Ghanāʾim Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Muʿallim al-Hurthī, poet of WāsiṭURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1730
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
al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārī — Names: al-Nāshiʾ al-Akbar, Abū l-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al-Anbārīal Nāshiʾ al Akbar Abū l ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mālik al Anbārī also known as Ibn Shirshīr d...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1743
Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām — Names: Naṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn BassāmNaṣr ibn Manṣūr ibn Bassām, grandfather of 3rd/9th-c. poet Ibn BassāmURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1757
al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasanal-Nawbakhtī, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan (d. between 300/912 and 310/922), Imamite scholar and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1760
Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. AⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī — Names: Abū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-MunayḥīAbū l-Ghawth ibn Niḥrīr al-Munayḥī, 4th– 5th/10th–11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/178
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
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
Abū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ibn GhalindūAbū l-Ḥakam ibn Ghalindū (son of Galindo), Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/185
Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Abū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd AllāhAbū l-ḤakamAbū l-Ḥakam ʿUbayd Allāh ibn al-Muẓaffar ibn ʿAbd Allāh, physician and poet (d. 549/1155)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/186
al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb) — Names: al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb)al-Qāḍī al-Jalīs Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Jabbāb (`or` al-Ḥabbāb), poet (d. 561/1166)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1861
Qayḍā al-Ruhāwī — Names: Qayḍā al-RuhāwīQayḍā al-Ruhāwī, translator associate of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1870
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
Rabīʿah al-Raqqī — Names: Rabīʿah al-RaqqīRabīʿah al-Raqqī, poet under Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1894
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn IsḥāqʿAbd Allāh ibn Isḥāq, 3rd/9th-c. patron of translatorsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/19
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
Saḥbān — Names: SaḥbānSaḥbān, legendary orator and poet of the tribe of WāʾilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1954
Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī — Names: Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ḤusaynīAbū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥusaynī, patron of Ibn SīnāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/196
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
Sallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah — Names: Sallām al-Abrash, Abū SalamahSallām al-Abrash, Abū Salamah, early translator and member of Hārūn al-Rashīd’s householdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1989
al-Samawʾal — Names: al-Samawʾalal-Samawʾal, pre-Islamic Jewish poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1999
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-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammadal-Ṣanawbarī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, poet (d. 334/945)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2001
Sanḥārīb — Names: SanḥārībSanḥārīb, Armenian ruler and patron of Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (active late 9th–early 10th-c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2003
Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil — Names: Sayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn QizilSayf al-Dīn al-Mushidd Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar ibn Qizil, emir and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2018
al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl — Names: al-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīlal-Sayyid al-Naqīb al-Kāmil Ibn al-Sharīf al-Jalīl, poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2021
Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn — Names: Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAynSergius al-Raʾsī (Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā)Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynā/Raʾs al-ʿAyn, Syriac physician and translator (d. 536)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2026
al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī — Names: al-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānīal-Shabānsī, Qāsim ibn Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Marwānī, Cordovan physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2033
Shaftar — Names: ShaftarShaftar, nickname of poet Abū l-Maʿālī al-SulamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2039
al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī — Names: al-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlīal-Shāghūrī, Shihāb al-Dīn Fityān ibn ʿAlī, poet (d. 615/1218)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2041
Shahdā al-Karkhī — Names: Shahdā al-KarkhīShahdā al-Karkhī, Syriac translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2043
al-Shahrazūrī Names: al-Shahrazūrīal-Shahrazūrī, 7th/13th-c. physician, historian and philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2045
Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān — Names: Shams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn WahbānShams al-ʿArab al-Baghdādī ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Nafīs ibn Hibat Allāh ibn Wahbān, poet and `muḥaddith` (d. 622/1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2047
Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar — Names: Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmarSharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl Sharaf al-Dīn Ismāʿīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar, 7th/13th-c. `kātib` and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2065
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
Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah — Names: Shibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyahShibl al-Dawlah Abū l-Hayjāʾ Muqātil ibn ʿAṭiyyah, poet (d. 505/1111)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2079
Shihāb al-Dīn Atābekī — Names: Shihāb al-Dīn AtābekīShihāb al-Dīn Atābekī, governor of DamascusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2080
Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī — Names: Shukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-ḤasanīShukr ibn Abī l-Futūḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Ḥasanī, emir of Mecca, poet (d. 453/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2100
Sibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-TaʿāwīdhīSibṭ ibn al-Taʿāwīdhī, poet (d. 584/1188)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2104
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 Ḥātim al-Balkhī — Names: Abū Ḥātim al-BalkhīAbū Ḥātim al-Balkhī, otherwise unknown translator, presumably from Persian into BactrianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/215
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
Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan — Names: Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh GuddanTādurā al-usquf (Theodore the Bishop)Tādurā al-Usquf (Tādurī the Bishop), Theodore of Karkh Guddan, patron of letters, associate of Sergius of Rēsh ʿAynāURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2170
Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad — Names: Ṭāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū MuḥammadṬāhir ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Yaḥyā al-Makhzūmī al-Baṣrī, Abū Muḥammad, late 4th/10th or early 5th/11th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2172
Ṭarafah — Names: ṬarafahṬarafah, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2184
al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammadal-Thaʿālibī, Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad, anthologist and poet (d. 429/1038)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2194
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

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