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    Results (114)

    ʿAbd Allāh — Names: ʿAbd AllāhʿAbd Allāh (? = ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān), vizier of al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/10
    Ibn Hubayrah — Names: Ibn HubayrahIbn Hubayrah, Abū l-Muẓaffar ʿAwn al-Dīn Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad, Ḥanbalī scholar, vizier to caliphs al-Muqtafī and al-Mustanjid (d. 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1002
    Ibn Hubayrah — Names: Ibn HubayrahIbn Hubayrah, ʿIzz al-Dīn, vizier, patronized by Saladin (d. 560/1165)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1003
    Ibn Isḥāq — Names: Ibn IsḥāqIbn Isḥāq, vizier of the Umayyad emirs in CordovaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1006
    Ibn Jahwar — Names: Ibn JahwarIbn Jahwar, Abū Marwān ʿAbd al-Malik, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1009
    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 Killis — Names: Ibn KillisIbn Killis, Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb, vizier of Fatimid caliph al-ʿAzīz (318–380/930–91)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1035
    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 Muqlah — Names: Ibn MuqlahIbn Muqlah, Abbasid vizier, famous calligrapher (d. 328/940)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1066
    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-Qifṭī — Names: Ibn al-QifṭīIbn al Qifṭī Jamāl al Dīn Abū l Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Yūsuf ibn Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al Wāḥid al Shaybānī vizier and biographer author...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1085
    Ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Ibn ṢadaqahIbn Ṣadaqah, (probably Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṣadaqah), vizier and friend of Amīn al-Dawlah Ibn al-Tilmīdh (d. 556/1161)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1100
    Ibn al-Sāʿī — Names: Ibn al-SāʿīIbn al-Sāʿī, Tāj al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Anjab, 7th/13thc. historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1107
    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 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-Yasaʿ — Names: Ibn al-YasaʿIbn al-Yasaʿ, Abū Yaḥyā al-Yasaʿ ibn ʿĪsā ibn Ḥazm, Fatimid historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1167
    Ibn al-Zayyāt — Names: Ibn al-ZayyātMuḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-ZayyātIbn al-Zayyāt, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik, Abbasid vizier and poet (d. 243/847)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1168
    Ismāʿīl ibn Bulbul — Names: Ismāʿīl ibn BulbulIsmāʿīl ibn Bulbul, Abū l-Ṣaqr, vizier of al-Muʿtamid (d. 278/892)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1277
    Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak — Names: Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn BarmakJaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khālid ibn Barmak, vizier and sponsor of Indian science (d. 187/803)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1304
    al-Jahshiyārī — Names: al-Jahshiyārīal-Jahshiyārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh, 4th/10th-c. man of letters, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1308
    Jalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah — Names: Jalāl al-Dīn ibn ṢadaqahJalāl al-Dīn ibn Ṣadaqah, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizier under al-MustarshidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1311
    al-Jawād — Names: al-Jawādal-Jawād, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī Jamāl al-Dīn al-Iṣfahānī (d. 574/1178), vizier under the ZangidsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1328
    al-Kalbī — Names: al-Kalbīal-Kalbī, Hishām, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1359
    al-Khāqānī — Names: al-Khāqānīal-Khāqānī, Abū l-Qāsim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad (d. 314/926–927), vizier under al-MuqtadirURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1387
    al-Khaṣībī — Names: al-Khaṣībīal-Khaṣībī, Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khaṣīb (d. 328/940), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1391
    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
    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-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan — Names: al-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasanal-Maymandī, Shams al-Kufāh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan, Ghaznavid vizier (d. 424/1032)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1549
    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 Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlīMuʾayyid al-Dīn Abū Ismāʿīl al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī, vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1584
    Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn — Names: Muʾayyid al-Dīn Abū l-Fawāris al-Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al-ḤusaynMuʾayyid al Dīn Abū l Fawāris al Musayyab ibn ʿAlī al Ḥusayn also known as Ibn al Ṣūfī vizier in Damascus under Muʿīn al...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1585
    Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr — Names: Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn ḤudayrMūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd ibn Mūsā ibn Ḥudayr, vizier under ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ⅠⅠⅠURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1679
    ʿAbd Allāh ibn Badr — Names: ʿAbd Allāh ibn BadrʿAbd Allāh ibn Badr, Cordovan vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/17
    Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn Killis — Names: Abū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn KillisAbū l-Faraj Yaʿqūb ibn Killis, Jewish vizier of Fatimid al-ʿAzīz (318–380/930–991)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/170
    Naṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-Rāzī — Names: Naṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-RāzīNaṣīr al-Dīn Nāṣir ibn Mahdī al-ʿAlawī al-Rāzī (d. 617/1220), vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1752
    al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh — Names: al-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāhal-Qāsim ibn ʿUbayd Allāh (d. 291/903–904), vizier under al-Muʿtaḍid and al-MuktafīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1868
    al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm — Names: al-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīmal-Qummī, Muʾayyid al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm, vizier (d. 629/1231 or 630)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1882
    al-Raḍī — Names: al-Raḍīal-Raḍī (al-Riḍā?), unidentified vizier of al-JazīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1896
    al-Riḍā — Names: al-Riḍāal-Riḍā (al-Raḍī?), vizier of al-JazīrahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1922
    Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-Mulk — Names: Saʿd al-Mulk Naṣīr al-Dīn Abū l-Maḥāsin Saʿd al-MulkSaʿd al Mulk Naṣīr al Dīn Abū l Maḥāsin Saʿd al Mulk vizier of Muḥammad ibn Malik Shāh 496 1103 and of Malik Shāh...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1941
    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
    Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlīṢafī al-Dīn ibn Shukr, al-Ṣāḥib Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī, Ayyubid vizier (548–622/1154–1225)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1951
    Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Marzūq — Names: Ṣafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn MarzūqṢafī al-Dīn Ibrāhīm ibn Marzūq, vizier of al-Malik al-Ashraf ibn al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1952
    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
    Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn — Names: Ṣāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-WizārataynṢāʿid ibn Makhlad, Abū l-ʿAlāʾ, Dhū l-Wizāratayn, `kātib` to al-Muwaffaq and vizier to al-Muʿtamid (d. 276/889)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1972
    al-Shābushtī — Names: al-Shābushtīal-Shābushtī, 4th/10th-c. man of lettersURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2035
    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
    Shams al-Khawāṣṣ Ṣawāb — Names: Shams al-Khawāṣṣ ṢawābShams al-Khawāṣṣ Ṣawāb, vizier under al-Malik al-ʿĀdilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2061
    Shīrkūh — Names: ShīrkūhShīrkūh, vizier under the Fatimids, uncle of Saladin (d. 564/1169)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2092
    Sibṭ ibn al-Jawzī — Names: Sibṭ ibn al-JawzīSibṭ ibn al-Jawzī, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2103
    al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn — Names: al-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīnal-Subkī, Tāj al-Dīn (d. 771/1370), Shāfiʿī jurist and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2136
    Sulaymān ibn Wahb — Names: Sulaymān ibn WahbSulaymān ibn Wahb, vizier of al-MuhtadīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2157
    al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī — Names: al-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarīal-Ṭabarī, Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr Ṭabarī, polymath historian and Qurʾanic commentator (d. 310/923)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2168
    Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk — Names: Ṭalāʾiʿ ibn RuzzīkṬalāʾiʿ ibn Ruzzīk, vizier who held power during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Fāʾiz bi-Naṣr AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2179
    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 Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah — Names: Thābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn QurrahThābit ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurrah, physician and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2197
    Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Sahlī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad — Names: Abū l-Ḥusayn al-Sahlī, Aḥmad ibn MuḥammadAbū l-Ḥasanal-SuhaylīAbū l-Ḥusayn (or Abū l-Ḥasan) al-Sahlī (al-Suhaylī), Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, vizier to Maʾmūnid Khwārazm-Shāhs at Gurganj (d. 418/1027)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/225
    ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-QāsimʿUbayd Allāh ibn Sulaymān, Abū l-Qāsim, vizier (d. 288/901)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2254
    ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān — Names: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn KhāqānʿUbayd Allāh ibn Yaḥyā ibn Khāqān, vizier to al-MutawakkilURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2255
    al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmaral-Wāqidī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar, historian (d. 207/822)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2287
    al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmadal-Washshā, Abū l-Ṭayyib Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, man of letters, grammarian and lexicographer (d. 325/937)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2289
    Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī) — Names: Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā (Abū l-Faraj al-Anṭākī)Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd ibn Yaḥyā also known as Abū l Faraj al Anṭākī Christian physician and historian continuator of Saʿīd ibn al Biṭrīq ca...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2304
    al-Yaʿqūbī — Names: al-Yaʿqūbīal-Yaʿqūbī, geographer and historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2312
    Abū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī — Names: Abū ʿAlī al-QiyānīAbū ʿAlī al-Qiyānī, unidentified historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2395
    Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī — Names: Abū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawīAbū Ṭālib al-ʿAlawī, `al-wazīr`, unidentified vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2404
    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 Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī — Names: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-ṬabarīAbū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī, historian and Qurʾanic scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/247
    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 Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr — Names: Abū Naṣr Sābūr ibn ArdashīrAbū Naṣr Sābūr ibn Ardashīr, 4th/10th-c. vizierURI: https://usaybia.net/person/303
    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
    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 ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: Abū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-BakrīAbū ʿUbayd al-Bakrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Andalusian geographer, historian (d. 487/1094)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/371
    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
    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
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