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PioneerLost Islamic History 1001 Inventions
A. C. CrombieGeography & history——
Abdal Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter)Religious scholarship——
Abū al-Barakāt al-BakrīReligious scholarship——
Abū al-Ḥasan al-AshʿarīReligious scholarship128—
Abū al-Qāsim al-ShāriʿīPhilosophy & thought——
Abū al-Wafā BūzhjānīMathematics & astronomy—86, 87, 98, 291, 311, 312, 313
Abū al-Walīd al-BājīReligious scholarship——
Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-MaʿarrīLibraries & arts——
Abū Bakr al-RāzīMedicine & life sciences86, 87, 9026, 32, 46, 90, 91, 92, 162, 164, 168, 180, 182, 310, 316
Abū Bakr al-ShiblīReligious scholarship——
Abū Bakr al-ṬurṭūshīPhilosophy & thought——
Abū Bakr al-ZubaydīLanguages & translation——
Abū Ḥanīfa al-DīnawarīMedicine & life sciences—180, 313
Abū Ḥanīfa al-NuʿmānReligious scholarship96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 207—
Abū Ḥātim al-SijistānīLanguages & translation——
Abū Ḥayyān al-GharnāṭīLanguages & translation——
Abū Isḥāq al-ShīrāzīReligious scholarship——
Abū KāmilMathematics & astronomy——
Abū Maḥmūd al-KhujandīMathematics & astronomy—228, 277, 315
Abū Manṣūr al-MāturīdīReligious scholarship104, 105—
Abū Manṣūr al-ThaʿālibīLiterature & poetry——
Abū Muḍar Maḥmūd al-IṣfahānīLanguages & translation——
Abū Naṣr ManṣūrMathematics & astronomy——
Abū Sahl al-MasīḥīMedicine & life sciences——
Abū Sahl al-QūhīMathematics & astronomy——
Abū Saʿd al-MutawallīReligious scholarship——
Abū Zayd al-BalkhīMedicine & life sciences——
Abū ʿAlī al-DaqqāqReligious scholarship——
Aḥmad al-Ḥabbāl al-RifāʿīReligious scholarship——
Aḥmad al-NahāwandīMathematics & astronomy——
Aḥmad ibn ḤanbalReligious scholarship100, 104, 248—
Aisha Abdurrahman BewleyLanguages & translation——
Al-BaghawīReligious scholarship——
Al-BattānīMathematics & astronomy8026, 33, 88, 89, 228, 266, 267, 276, 292, 311, 312
Al-BayhaqīReligious scholarship—109
Al-BīrūnīMathematics & astronomy81, 18427, 89, 183, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 246, 267, 291, 312
Al-BiṭrūjīMathematics & astronomy—293, 312
Al-BukhārīReligious scholarship95, 109, 134, 207, 239—
Al-BūṣīrīLiterature & poetry——
Al-DārimīReligious scholarship——
Al-DhahabīReligious scholarship——
Al-FārābīPhilosophy & thought—27, 48, 98, 107, 313
Al-FarghānīMathematics & astronomy—268, 292, 313, 317
Al-GhazālīPhilosophy & thought105, 111, 139, 15228, 313
Al-Ḥakam IIInstitutions & patrons—313
Al-Ḥākim al-NaysābūrīReligious scholarship——
Al-ḤamdānīGeography & history—231
Al-IdrīsīGeography & history84, 8522, 28, 60, 127, 147, 236, 237, 242, 315, 317
Al-IsfizārīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-JāḥiẓMedicine & life sciences—77, 315
Al-JayyānīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-JazarīEngineering & technology937, 15, 17, 18, 19, 29, 42, 43, 50, 121, 122, 304, 315
Al-JazūlīReligious scholarship——
Al-JunaydReligious scholarship107—
Al-JuwaynīReligious scholarship——
Al-KarajīMathematics & astronomy—84, 87, 118, 315
Al-KhallālReligious scholarship——
Al-KhāzinīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-KhwārizmīMathematics & astronomy77, 7915, 28, 73, 84, 89, 234, 280, 315
Al-KisāʾīLanguages & translation——
Al-Kiyā al-HarrāsīReligious scholarship——
Al-MāhānīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-MasʿūdīGeography & history8419, 111, 128, 316
Al-MāwardīPhilosophy & thought——
Al-MaʾmūnInstitutions & patrons76, 77, 81, 137, 14525, 72, 73, 76, 229, 266, 270, 274, 292, 293, 312, 316, 317
Al-MutanabbīLiterature & poetry——
Al-Muʾtaman ibn HūdMathematics & astronomy——
Al-NabātīMedicine & life sciences——
Al-NasāʾīReligious scholarship——
Al-NawawīReligious scholarship——
Al-NayrīzīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-QalaṣādīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-QudūrīReligious scholarship——
Al-QurṭubīReligious scholarship——
Al-QushayrīReligious scholarship——
Al-Ṣāghānī al-AsṭurlābīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-ShāfiʿīReligious scholarship99, 128, 187—
Al-SijzīMathematics & astronomy——
Al-TirmidhīReligious scholarship—81
Al-ZahrāwīMedicine & life sciences—14, 26, 30, 31, 50, 158, 159, 162, 165, 182, 185, 305, 317
Al-ZamakhsharīLanguages & translation——
Al-ZarqālīMathematics & astronomy—266, 268, 282, 293, 311, 317
Al-ʿUrḍīMathematics & astronomy——
Alexander of AphrodisiasPhilosophy & thought——
Ali AtaieReligious scholarship——
Anwar Shāh KashmīrīReligious scholarship——
ApolloniusMathematics & astronomy——
ArchimedesMathematics & astronomy—8, 10, 96, 97, 210, 312
AristotlePhilosophy & thought—8, 22, 54, 72, 73, 82, 98, 312
ArtephiusMedicine & life sciences——
Arthur SchopenhauerPhilosophy & thought——
Asif MeheraliLanguages & translation——
Bahāʾ al-Dīn NaqshbandReligious scholarship——
Bahāʾ al-Dīn ZakariyyaReligious scholarship——
Banū Mūsā brothersEngineering & technology—15, 26, 52, 53, 73, 83, 85, 224, 225, 312
Barmakid familyInstitutions & patrons——
Bayazid BastamiReligious scholarship——
Bedam Shah WarsiLiterature & poetry——
Bernard LewisGeography & history——
BrahmaguptaMathematics & astronomy——
Bruce MetzgerReligious scholarship——
Buzurg ibn ShahriyārGeography & history——
Charles DarwinMedicine & life sciences——
Charles TaylorPhilosophy & thought——
Dante AlighieriLibraries & arts—292
DiophantusMathematics & astronomy——
Donald HillGeography & history——
Dr. OkudaReligious scholarship——
Elinor Aishah HollandLibraries & arts——
Emir ʿAbd al-QādirPhilosophy & thought——
EuclidMathematics & astronomy—22, 54, 55, 73, 96, 313
Fakhr al-Dīn al-RāzīPhilosophy & thought——
Fakhr al-Dīn ʿIrāqīLiterature & poetry——
Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭārLiterature & poetry——
Fāṭima al-FihrīInstitutions & patrons—17, 26, 68, 69, 306, 313
Fāṭima al-MajrīṭīMathematics & astronomy——
FibonacciMathematics & astronomy—29, 87, 313
Francis BaconPhilosophy & thought——
Frantz FanonPhilosophy & thought——
Friedrich NietzschePhilosophy & thought——
G. W. F. HegelPhilosophy & thought——
GalenMedicine & life sciences86, 9073, 166, 168
Galileo GalileiMathematics & astronomy82, 9380, 229
Gelenbevi İsmail EfendiReligious scholarship——
Geoffrey RoperLanguages & translation——
George MakariPhilosophy & thought——
Gerard of CremonaLanguages & translation—83, 91, 159, 169
Giovanni Francesco SagredoOptics & physics——
GoetheLiterature & poetry——
Ḥabash al-Ḥāsib al-MarwazīMathematics & astronomy——
Habib ʿUmar ibn ḤafīẓReligious scholarship——
ḤāfiẓLiterature & poetry——
Hamid ChoiLanguages & translation——
Hamza al-BakriPhilosophy & thought——
Ḥamza YusufLiterature & poetry——
Hārūn al-RashīdInstitutions & patrons72, 19825, 72, 150, 199, 292, 308, 313
Hatem al-HajjReligious scholarship——
Henri de BornierLibraries & arts——
HerodotusGeography & history——
Ibn Abī ShaybaReligious scholarship——
Ibn al-BawwābLibraries & arts——
Ibn al-BayṭārMedicine & life sciences—29, 180, 183
Ibn al-FaqīhGeography & history—249, 314
Ibn al-FāriḍLiterature & poetry——
Ibn al-HaythamOptics & physics90, 91, 92, 93, 119, 13727, 32, 54, 55, 80, 85, 89, 232, 233, 292, 306, 310, 311, 314
Ibn al-Hāʾim al-IshbīlīMathematics & astronomy——
Ibn al-JawzīReligious scholarship——
Ibn al-Jazzār al-QayrawānīMedicine & life sciences—26, 184, 314
Ibn al-KammādMathematics & astronomy——
Ibn al-NadīmGeography & history—46, 78, 314
Ibn al-NafīsMedicine & life sciences90166, 167, 168, 185, 314
Ibn al-ṢabbāghReligious scholarship——
Ibn al-ṢaffārMathematics & astronomy——
Ibn al-ShāṭirMathematics & astronomy—31, 268, 314
Ibn al-WāfidMedicine & life sciences—183, 314
Ibn BājjaPhilosophy & thought—314
Ibn BaṭṭūṭaGeography & history83, 172, 18814, 21, 30, 66, 132, 144, 147, 148, 214, 246, 247, 250, 251, 307
Ibn BuṭlānMedicine & life sciences——
Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānīReligious scholarship——
Ibn ḤazmPhilosophy & thought148227, 229, 232, 314
Ibn ḤibbānReligious scholarship——
Ibn JubayrGeography & history—156, 235, 236, 314
Ibn JuzayyLanguages & translation—251, 307
Ibn KathīrReligious scholarship——
Ibn KhaldūnGeography & history18914, 30, 46, 68, 262, 263, 314
Ibn KhallikānGeography & history——
Ibn KhordādhbehGeography & history——
Ibn KhuzaymaReligious scholarship——
Ibn MājahReligious scholarship——
Ibn MiskawayhPhilosophy & thought——
Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaReligious scholarship——
Ibn QudāmaReligious scholarship——
Ibn RushdPhilosophy & thought15628, 82, 83, 268, 314
Ibn SabʿīnPhilosophy & thought——
Ibn SahlOptics & physics—55
Ibn SaʿdGeography & history47—
Ibn SīnāMedicine & life sciences87, 88, 90, 91, 137, 20720, 27, 32, 153, 165, 166, 168, 169, 170, 180, 182, 185, 230, 310, 315
Ibn TaymiyyaReligious scholarship139, 248—
Ibn ṬufaylPhilosophy & thought—103, 315
Ibn YūnusMathematics & astronomy—89, 228, 267, 315
Ibn Ẓafar al-ṢiqillīPhilosophy & thought——
Ibn ZuhrMedicine & life sciences—28, 159, 315
Ibn ʿAjībaReligious scholarship——
Ibn ʿArabīPhilosophy & thought106, 15659
Ibn ʿAsākirGeography & history——
Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-IskandarīReligious scholarship——
Ibn ʿIdhārīGeography & history——
Ibrāhīm al-FazārīMathematics & astronomy——
İbrahim KalınPhilosophy & thought——
Ignaz GoldziherLanguages & translation——
Immanuel KantPhilosophy & thought——
Isaac NewtonPhilosophy & thought90, 9333
Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān (Isaac Israeli)Medicine & life sciences——
Jābir ibn ḤayyānMedicine & life sciences—15, 17, 25, 90, 92, 94, 308, 311, 315
Jalāl al-Dīn al-SuyūṭīReligious scholarship——
Jamshīd al-KāshīMathematics & astronomy—87, 315
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā al-BarmakīInstitutions & patrons——
Jim Al-KhaliliOptics & physics——
Johannes WernerMathematics & astronomy——
John of DamascusReligious scholarship——
John of SevilleLanguages & translation——
Karen ArmstrongGeography & history——
Khwāja AḥrārReligious scholarship——
Kūshyār ibn LabbānMathematics & astronomy——
Leonhard EulerMathematics & astronomy—85
Louay FatoohiReligious scholarship——
Lubnā of CórdobaLibraries & arts——
Maḥmūd al-KāshgharīLanguages & translation—235, 315
MaimonidesMedicine & life sciences144—
Mālik ibn AnasReligious scholarship99—
Marco PoloGeography & history18822, 30, 250
Maryam al-AsṭurlābiyyaMathematics & astronomy—282
Māshāʾallāh ibn AtharīMathematics & astronomy—280, 316
Maslama al-MajrīṭīMathematics & astronomy82316
Maʿrūf al-KarkhīReligious scholarship——
MenelausMathematics & astronomy——
Mimar SinanLibraries & arts21031, 308, 317
Muḥammad al-Ṭāhir ibn ʿĀshūrReligious scholarship——
Muḥammad al-YayyarLibraries & arts——
Muḥammad al-ʿArabī al-DarqāwīReligious scholarship——
Muḥammad ḤamīdullāhReligious scholarship——
Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-FazārīMathematics & astronomy—313
Muḥammad IqbālLiterature & poetry258—
Muḥammad Ma JianLanguages & translation——
Muḥammad Muqīm of LahoreLibraries & arts——
Muḥammad Ṭāhir Ghanī KashmīrīLiterature & poetry——
Muḥyī al-Dīn al-MaghribīMathematics & astronomy——
Mullā ṢadrāPhilosophy & thought——
Muslim ibn al-ḤajjājReligious scholarship——
Muzaffer OzakReligious scholarship——
Najm al-Dīn al-NasafīReligious scholarship105—
Najm al-Dīn KubrāReligious scholarship——
Nakata KaoriLanguages & translation——
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-ṬūsīMathematics & astronomy—31, 88, 99, 269, 271, 293, 311, 317
NawbakhtMathematics & astronomy——
Nicetas of ByzantiumReligious scholarship——
Nicolaus CopernicusMathematics & astronomy82, 9331, 89, 266, 268, 293, 311
Nizām al-MulkInstitutions & patrons—28, 65
Omar ibn SaidLanguages & translation——
Omar KhayyāmMathematics & astronomy8084
PlatoPhilosophy & thought—30, 59, 96, 209, 316
PtolemyMathematics & astronomy81, 9122, 55, 73, 88, 267, 268, 270, 276, 316
Qāḍī ʿIyāḍReligious scholarship——
Qutb al-Dīn al-ShīrāzīMathematics & astronomy—316
Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyyaLiterature & poetry106—
Rashīd al-Dīn MaybudīReligious scholarship——
René DescartesOptics & physics—311
René GuénonPhilosophy & thought——
Richard DunthorneMathematics & astronomy——
Robert of ChesterLanguages & translation—28, 87
Roy CasagrandaGeography & history——
RūdakīLiterature & poetry——
RūmīLiterature & poetry——
Rūzbihān BaqlīReligious scholarship——
Ṣadr al-Dīn al-QūnawīPhilosophy & thought——
Ṣadr al-Sharīʿa al-AṣgharReligious scholarship——
Saeed FodehPhilosophy & thought——
Sahl al-TustarīReligious scholarship——
Said NursiReligious scholarship——
Sakīna al-ShihābīReligious scholarship——
Sanāʾī GhaznavīLiterature & poetry——
Sayyid ʿAlī HamadānīReligious scholarship——
Saʿd al-Dīn al-TaftāzānīReligious scholarship——
Saʿdī ShīrāzīLiterature & poetry——
Ṣāʿid al-AndalusīGeography & history——
Saʿīd al-Dīn FarghānīReligious scholarship——
SebeosGeography & history——
Sehî BeyLiterature & poetry——
Selim ILiterature & poetry202, 207, 222, 225, 228216
Seyyed Hossein NasrPhilosophy & thought——
Shāh Walī Allāh al-DihlawīReligious scholarship249, 250—
Shuhda bint al-IbarīLibraries & arts——
SībawayhLanguages & translation—317
Simon NewcombMathematics & astronomy——
SocratesPhilosophy & thought——
Sutayta al-MaḥāmalīMathematics & astronomy——
Syed Muḥammad Naquib al-AttasPhilosophy & thought——
Taha AbdurrahmanPhilosophy & thought——
Taqī al-DīnMathematics & astronomy—19, 32, 121, 123, 273, 278, 311, 313, 316, 317
Thābit ibn QurraMathematics & astronomy—26, 85, 96, 97, 292, 317
ThemistiusPhilosophy & thought——
Thomas HarriotOptics & physics——
Tycho BraheMathematics & astronomy—271, 278, 291, 311, 312
Ulugh BegMathematics & astronomy—31, 33, 270, 271, 273, 293
Umar MitaLanguages & translation——
Victor J. KatzGeography & history——
Wael HallaqPhilosophy & thought——
Willebrord SnellOptics & physics—55
Yaḥyā ibn Muʿādh al-RāzīReligious scholarship——
Yāqūt al-MustaʿṣimīLibraries & arts——
Yaʿqūb ibn ṬāriqMathematics & astronomy——
Zakariyyā al-QazwīnīGeography & history—249, 291, 316
Zheng HeGeography & history182, 18321, 30, 241, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 309, 317
ʿAbd al-Hādī al-TāzīGeography & history——
ʿAbd al-Ḥakīm al-SiyālkūtīReligious scholarship——
ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd TurkmaniPhilosophy & thought——
ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq BewleyLanguages & translation——
ʿAbd al-Laṭīf al-BaghdādīMedicine & life sciences——
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-JīlānīReligious scholarship106—
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-MurābiṭReligious scholarship——
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-ṢūfīMathematics & astronomy—267, 276, 292, 317
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-SulamīReligious scholarship——
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān IIIInstitutions & patrons144, 145201, 312
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān JāmīLiterature & poetry——
ʿAbd Allāh AnṣārīLiterature & poetry——
ʿAbd Allāh ibn BayyahReligious scholarship——
ʿAbdullāh ibn MasʿūdReligious scholarship——
ʿAlī al-QūshjīMathematics & astronomy——
ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-NasawīMathematics & astronomy——
ʿAlī ibn RiḍwānMedicine & life sciences——
ʿAlī ibn Sahl al-ṬabarīMedicine & life sciences——
ʿAlī ibn Saʿdān al-RāzīLibraries & arts——
ʿAlī ToyLibraries & arts——
ʿAṭā-Malik JuvaynīGeography & history——
ʿUmar al-SuhrawardīReligious scholarship——

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