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    al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī — Names: al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānīal-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī, pre-Islamic poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2431
    al-Nābulusī — Names: al-Nābulusīal-Nābulusī, surveyor of FayyumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1721
    al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafī — Names: al-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafīal-Naḍr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah al-Thaqafī, opponent of the Prophet MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1722
    Nafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī — Names: Nafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-QāḍīNafīs al-Dīn ibn al-ZubayrNafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī, pupil of Ibn Shūʿah and al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Raʿīs al-Ṭibb (b. 555 `or` 556/1160)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1726
    Nafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī — Names: Nafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-QāḍīNafīs al-Dīn ibn al-ZubayrNafīs al-Dīn ibn al-Zubayr, al-Qāḍī, pupil of Ibn Shūʿah and al-Shaykh al-Sadīd Raʿīs al-Ṭibb (b. 555 `or` 556/1160)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1726
    Nāfiʿ — Names: NāfiʿNāfiʿ, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1723
    Nāfiʿ — Names: NāfiʿNāfiʿ, servant of Khālid ibn al-Muhājir ibn Khālid ibn al-WalīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1724
    Nāfiʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah — Names: Nāfiʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn KaladahNāfiʿ ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Kaladah, son of the slave-girl Sumayyah and, probably, the physician al-Ḥārith ibn KaladahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1725
    al-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilī — Names: al-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilīal-Naḥwī al-Mawṣilī, grammarian (d. 666/1267)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/407
    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
    al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī — Names: al-Najāshī al-Ḥārithīal-Najāshī al-Ḥārithī, 1st/7th-c. poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1728
    al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar — Names: al-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmarNajīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandīal-Samarqandī, Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar, physician in HeratURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1998
    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 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
    Najm al-Dīn al-Qamrāwī, Abū l-Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al-Kinānī — Names: Najm al-Dīn al-Qamrāwī, Abū l-Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al-KinānīNajm al Dīn al Qamrāwī Abū l Faḍāʾil Mūsā ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsā ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿĪsā al Kinānī d 651 1253 student of...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1736
    Najm al-Dīn Ayyūb — Names: Najm al-Dīn AyyūbNajm al-Dīn Ayyūb, father of Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn (Saladin)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1732
    Najm al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn ʿĀbid al-Ṣarkhadī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn ʿĀbid al-ṢarkhadīNajm al-Dīn Ḥamzah ibn ʿĀbid al-Ṣarkhadī, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1733
    Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Lubūdī — Names: Najm al-Dīn ibn al-Lubūdīal-Ṣāḥib Najm al-Dīn ibn al-LubūdīNajm al-Dīn ibn al-Lubūdī, physician son of Shams al-Dīn ibn al-LubūdīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1734
    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
    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
    Najm al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Sharaf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Asfizārī — Names: Najm al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Sharaf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-AsfizārīNajm al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Sharaf al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-AsfizārīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1738
    Najm al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Kuraydī, al-Qāḍī — Names: Najm al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Kuraydī, al-QāḍīNajm al-Dīn ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Kuraydī, al-QāḍīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1737
    Najm ibn Ṭarafah — Names: Najm ibn ṬarafahNajm ibn Ṭarafah, master falconerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1739
    Nakīr — Names: NakīrNakīr, Islamic angelURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1740
    Nāqil al-Hindī — Names: Nāqil al-HindīNāqil al-HindīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1741
    Narses the Roman — Names: Narses the RomanNarses the Roman, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1742
    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
    Nasīm — Names: NasīmNasīm, servant of Aḥmad ibn ṬūlūnURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1744
    Nasīm, al-Sitt (Lady) — Names: Nasīm, al-Sitt (Lady)Nasīm, al-Sitt (Lady), a woman of Baghdad writing letters on behalf of al-Nāṣir li-Dīn AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1745
    al-Nāṣir — Names: al-Nāṣiral-Nāṣir, unidentified rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1746
    al-Nāṣir Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad — Names: al-Nāṣir Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammadal-Nāṣir Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad (`reg.` 595–610/1199–1213), fourth Almohad rulerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2442
    Naṣīr al-Dawlah — Names: Naṣīr al-DawlahNaṣīr al-Dawlah, perhaps = Naṣr al-Dawlah Abū Naṣr Aḥmad ibn Marwān, prince of the Marwānid dynasty of Diyarbakr (d. 463/1061)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1747
    Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣīr al-Dawlah ibn MarwānNaṣīr al-Dawlah ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Diyār Bakr (d. 489/1096)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1749
    Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh — Names: Nāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd AllāhNāṣir al-Dawlah, Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd Allāh, prince of the Ḥamdānid dynasty (d. 357/968?)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1748
    Naṣīr al-Dīn — Names: Naṣīr al-DīnNaṣīr al-Dīn, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1750
    Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Yaghmūr — Names: Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn YaghmūrNāṣir al-Dīn ibn Yaghmūr, head of the household of the Ayyubid ruler al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ IsmāʿīlURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1751
    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
    Nāṣir al-Dīn Zikrī `or` Zakarī — Names: Nāṣir al-Dīn Zikrī `or` ZakarīNāṣir al-Dīn Zikrī `or` Zakarī, Ayyubid emir also known as Ibn ʿUlaymah, companion to al-Malik al-Ṣāliḥ Najm al-Dīn AyyūbURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1753
    Nāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū Ṭālib — Names: Nāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū ṬālibNāṣir ibn Ismāʿīl, al-Sharīf Abū ṬālibURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1754
    al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh — Names: al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāhal-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh, Abbasid caliph (`reg.` 575–622/1180–1223)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1755
    Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān — Names: Naṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn MarwānNaṣr al-Dawlah Aḥmad ibn Marwān, Marwānid ruler of Mayyāfāriqīn and Diyār Bakr (`reg.` 401–453/1010–1060–1)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1756
    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
    Nasṭās ibn Jurayj — Names: Nasṭās ibn JurayjNasṭās ibn Jurayj – Christian physician practised during the reign of al-Ikhshīd ibn ṬughjURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1758
    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
    Naẓīf al-Qass al-Rūmī — Names: Naẓīf al-Qass al-RūmīNaẓīf al-Qass al-RūmīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1761
    al-Naẓẓām — Names: al-Naẓẓāmal-Naẓẓām, Muʿtazilite theologian, (d. between 220/835 and 230/845)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/2389
    Nebrus Names: NebrusNebrus, ancestor of HippocratesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1762
    Nebuchadnezzar — Names: NebuchadnezzarNebuchadnezzar, king of BabylonURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1763
    Nemesius Names: NemesiusNemesius, 4th-c. author confused with Gregory of NyssaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1764
    Nero — Names: NeroNero, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1766
    Nerva — Names: NervaNerva, 1st-c. Roman emperorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1767
    Nicanor of Stagira — Names: Nicanor of StagiraNicanor of Stagira, commander under Alexander the GreatURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1768
    Nicolaus — Names: NicolausNicolaus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1769
    Nicolaus Damascenus — Names: Nicolaus DamascenusNicolaus DamascenusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1770
    Nicomachus — Names: NicomachusNicomachus, father of Aristotle (wrongly identified as Nicomachus of Gerasa)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1771
    Nicomachus of Gerasa — Names: Nicomachus of GerasaNicomachus of Gerasa, mathematician (d. ＡⅮ120)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1772
    Nicus — Names: NicusNicus, nicknamed ‘the One-eyed’, fabricator of works supposedly by PythagorasURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1773
    Nifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad — Names: Nifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn MuḥammadNifṭawayh, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad, grammarian (244–323/858– 935)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1774
    al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-Nīlīal-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, physician and man of letters (d. 420/1020)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1775
    al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz — Names: al-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīzal-Nīlīal-Nīlī, Abū Sahl Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, physician and man of letters (d. 420/1020)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1775
    Nimrod — Names: NimrodNimrod, son of CushURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1776
    Ninus — Names: NinusNinus, son of Belus, mythical founder of NinevehURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1777
    Niqūlā — Names: NiqūlāNiqūlā, Byzantine monk collaborator in the Andalusī translation of `De Materia Medica`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1778
    Nitaforas — Names: NitaforasNitaforas, fictional Greek prince, son of King RufistanesURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1779
    al-Niẓām — Names: al-Niẓāmal-Niẓām, unidentified (6th/12th c.)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1781
    Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān — Names: Nizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnānNizār ibn Maʿadd ibn ʿAdnān, legendary ancestor of one of the main branches of the ‘Northern Arabs’URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1782
    Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal) — Names: Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal)Nūfashal (`or` Nāfashal or `T-w-q-sh-t-l` or Tūqashtal or Tugashtal or Fūfasal), unidentified Indian medical authorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1783
    Nūḥ ibn Manṣūr — Names: Nūḥ ibn ManṣūrNūḥ ibn Manṣūr (`reg.` 366–387/977–97), Samanid emir of TransoxianaURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1784
    Numenius Names: NumeniusNumenius, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Platonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1785
    Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq — Names: Nūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` ArtuqNūr al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Artaq `or` Artuq, ruler of ḤīnīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1786
    Nuṣayr (`or` Naṣīr) al-Ḥalabī — Names: Nuṣayr (`or` Naṣīr) al-ḤalabīNuṣayr (`or` Naṣīr) al-Ḥalabī, unidentifiedURI: https://usaybia.net/person/1787
    Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz Names: Nuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn EldigüzNuṣrat al-Dīn ibn Jahān Pahlawān ibn Shams al-Dīn Eldigüz, ruler of Azerbaijan (d. 582/1186)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/1788
    Nuʿaym — Names: NuʿaymNuʿaym, perhaps Abū ʿAbd Allāh Nuʿaym ibn Hammad ibn Muʿāwiyah al-Khuzāʿī al-Marwazī, 3rd/10th-c. Hadith scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/2504

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