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    Bābak — Names: BābakBābak, head of the Persian Khurramī religious and social movement, rebel against caliphs al-Maʾmūn and al-Muʿtaṣim (d. 223/838)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/602
    al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad — Names: al-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammadal-Badīhī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, 4th/10th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/607
    al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
    al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
    Badīʿ al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-Wāsiṭī — Names: Badīʿ al-Dīn Abū l-Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l-Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Dāʾim al-WāsiṭīBadīʿ al Dīn Abū l Fatḥ Manṣūr ibn Abī l Qāsim ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al Dāʾim al Wāsiṭī known as Ibn Sawād...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/604
    Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī — Names: Badīʿ al-Zamān al-HamadhānīBadīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (d. 398/1008), originator of the genre of `maqāmah`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/606
    al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim — Names: al-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsimal-Badīʿ ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Khiḍr al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Qāsim, poet of unknown dateURI: https://usaybia.net/person/603
    Badr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn Makkī — Names: Badr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn MakkīBadr al-Dīn Abū l-ʿIzz Yūsuf ibn Makkī, known as Ibn al-SinjārīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/608
    Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk — Names: Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī BaʿlabakkBadr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk, physician, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/609
    Badr al-Dīn Luʾluʾ (Badr al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Malik al-Raḥīm) — Names: Badr al-Dīn Luʾluʾ (Badr al-Dīn Abū l-Faḍāʾil al-Malik al-Raḥīm)Badr al Dīn Luʾluʾ Badr al Dīn Abū l Faḍāʾil al Malik al Raḥīm freedman who became regent of Mosul in 607 1210 1211...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/610
    al-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī — Names: al-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-QalānisīBadr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī al-Samarqandīal-Samarqandī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muḥammad al-Qalānisī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1997
    Badr al-Muʿtaḍidī — Names: Badr al-MuʿtaḍidīBadr al-Muʿtaḍidī, commander-in-chief of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/611
    al-Bahāʾ — Names: al-Bahāʾal-Bahāʾ, musicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/612
    Bahāʾ al-Dīn — Names: Bahāʾ al-DīnBahāʾ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/613
    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-SāʿātīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī, poet, brother of physician Fakhr al-Dīn RiḍwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/614
    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-MakhzūmīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī, judge and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/615
    Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn NafādahBahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Nafādah? = `adīb` and poet Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ibn NafādahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2412
    Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn ShaddādBahāʾ al-Dīn Ibn Shaddād (d. 632/1234– 1235), military judge and biographer of Ṣalāḥ al-DīnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/616
    Bahmanyār (Abū l-Ḥasan Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān) — Names: Bahmanyār (Abū l-Ḥasan Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān)Bahmanyār (Abū l-Ḥasan Bahmanyār ibn al-Marzubān), pupil of Ibn Sīnā (d. 456/1067)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/617
    Bahrām Gūr (Bahrām Ⅴ) — Names: Bahrām Gūr (Bahrām Ⅴ)Bahrām Gūr (Bahrām Ⅴ) (`reg.` 420–438), fifteenth Sasanid king of PersiaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/618
    Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn) — Names: Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn)Bajkam, Abū l-Ḥasan (`recte` Abū l-Ḥusayn), military commander (d. 319/941)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/619
    Bākahr — Names: BākahrBākahr, an otherwise unrecorded Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/620
    Ibn Bakkalārish — Names: Ibn BakkalārishIbn Bakkalārish (?)BaklārishBiklārishIbn Bakkalārish (also Baklārish and Biklārish), Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/945
    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
    al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā — Names: al-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyāal-Balādhurī, Aḥmad ibn Yaḥyā, historianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/621
    Baldwin — Names: BaldwinBaldwin, Prince, son of Amalric, Baldwin ⅠⅤ of Jerusalem, leprous (`reg.` 1174–1183)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/622
    Baldwin Ⅴ of Jerusalem Names: Baldwin Ⅴ of JerusalemBaldwin Ⅴ of Jerusalem, son of Baldwin ⅠⅤURI: https://usaybia.net/person/623
    al-Bālisī — Names: al-Bālisīal-Bālisī, physician during Ikshidid dynasty (active 355/966)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/624
    al-Bandahī — Names: al-Bandahīal-Bandahī, unidentified singerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/625
    Bānū — Names: BānūBānū, a sister of the caliph Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2440
    Bāqil — Names: BāqilBāqil, figure proverbial for his inarticulatenessURI: https://usaybia.net/person/630
    Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd — Names: Baqiyyah ibn al-WalīdBaqiyyah ibn al-Walīd, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/631
    Abū Mūsā the Physician — Names: Abū Mūsā the PhysicianBaqqahAbū Mūsā the Physician known as Baqqah (‘Bug’)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/632
    Bar Bahlūl — Names: Bar BahlūlBar Bahlūl, author of Syriac lexicon and translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/633
    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
    Barak the Judge — Names: Barak the JudgeBarak the Judge, ancient Hebrew heroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/635
    Barzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē) — Names: Barzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē)BarzawayhBarzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē), Physician to Chosroës Ⅰ AnūsharwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/636
    Barzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē) — Names: Barzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē)BarzawayhBarzawayh (Barzūyah, Barzōē), Physician to Chosroës Ⅰ AnūsharwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/636
    Bashīr ibn al-Samaydaʿ — Names: Bashīr ibn al-SamaydaʿBashīr ibn al-Samaydaʿ, brother of Bishr ibn al-Samaydaʿ al-AzdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/637
    Basīl al-Muṭrān — Names: Basīl al-MuṭrānBasīl al-Muṭrān, translatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/638
    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
    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
    al-Battī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Battī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmadal-Battī, Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/640
    al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq — Names: al-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduqal-Bayhaqī, Ẓahīr al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Funduq, Persian author of `Tatimmat Ṣiwān al-Ḥikmah` (d. 565/1169– 1170)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/641
    al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī — Names: al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-AndalusīAbū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Bayyāsīal Bayyāsī `or` al Bayāsī Amīn al Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al Andalusī Egyptian physician in Damascus teacher of Asʿad al Dīn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/642
    Bhela Names: BhelaBhela, author of a Sanskrit medical compendium (Saṃhitā)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/643
    Ibn Bakkalārish — Names: Ibn BakkalārishIbn Bakkalārish (?)BaklārishBiklārishIbn Bakkalārish (also Baklārish and Biklārish), Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/945
    Binyāmīn — Names: BinyāmīnBinyāmīn, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/644
    al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān — Names: al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-RayḥānAbū r-Raiḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-BīrūnīAbū l-Rayḥān al-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān, polymath (d. ca. 442/1050)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/645
    al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān — Names: al-Bīrūnī, Abū l-RayḥānAbū r-Raiḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-BīrūnīAbū l-Rayḥān al-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnīal-Bīrūnī, Abū l-Rayḥān, polymath (d. ca. 442/1050)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/645
    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
    Bishr ibn Bīshī — Names: Bishr ibn BīshīBishr ibn Bīshī, known as Ibn ʿAnāyā al-IsrāʾīlīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/646
    Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī) — Names: Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)Bishr ibn Ḥaḍram al-Kalāʿī (?Bishr ibn Ḥiẓrim al-Kalbī)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/647
    al-Biṭrīq — Names: al-Biṭrīqal-Biṭrīq, Christian translator under al-ManṣūrURI: https://usaybia.net/person/649
    Boethus, Flavius — Names: Boethus, FlaviusBoethus, Flavius – 2nd-c. Roman senatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/650
    Bonus Names: BonusBonus, disciple of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/651
    Bradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus Atticus — Names: Bradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus AtticusBradua, Ti. Claudius Bradua Regillus Atticus, Roman consulURI: https://usaybia.net/person/652
    al-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-Buḥturī, poet (d. 284/897)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/653
    al-Buḥturī — Names: al-Buḥturīal-BuḥturīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/654
    al-Bukhārī, Muḥammad — Names: al-Bukhārī, Muḥammadal-Bukhārī, Muḥammad, compiler of one of the canonical collections of Hadith (`al- Ṣaḥīḥ`)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/655
    Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JibrīlBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl, member of family of Christian physicians (d. 257/870)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/656
    Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JūrjisBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis, physician to Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/657
    Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn YūḥannāBukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā, physician to al-Muqtadir bi-Allāh and al-Rāḍī bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/658
    Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
    Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
    Būlus ibn Ḥanūn — Names: Būlus ibn ḤanūnBūlus ibn Ḥanūn, physician in entourage of Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/660
    Bunān al-Raṣāṣī — Names: Bunān al-RaṣāṣīBunān al-Raṣāṣī, chief servant of al-MuʿtaḍidURI: https://usaybia.net/person/661
    al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, — Names: al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn,al-Bundahī, Badīʿ al-Dīn, poet known to ⅠＡＵURI: https://usaybia.net/person/662
    Burhān al-Dīn — Names: Burhān al-DīnBurhān al-Dīn, vizier of Ayyubid emir ʿIzz al-Dīn al-MuʿaẓẓamīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/663
    al-Burhān al-Munajjim — Names: al-Burhān al-Munajjimal-Burhān al-Munajjim, father of ibn al-Khiḍr al-ḤalabīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/664
    al-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq — Names: al-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāqal-Burjī, al-Ahzal Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq, named by Ibn Mandawayh al-IṣfahānīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/665
    Buskhunnar — Names: BuskhunnarBuskhunnar, Khorasanian chieftain and rebel (active 141/758–759)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/666

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