Pioneers

28 pioneers

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A. C. Crombie

History of science, cited for an assessment of ʿAlī ibn Riḍwān’s contribution to induction.

Al-Ḥamdānī

The history and geography of Arabia, poetry, grammar, and astronomical tables.

Al-Masʿūdī

Historical and geographical writing drawing on travel and a broad range of intellectual traditions.

Bernard Lewis

Historical scholarship invoked through a quotation about transmission of knowledge to Europe.

Buzurg ibn Shahriyār

ʿAjāʾib al-Hind is suggested as a source in a reply by the creator.

Donald Hill

Writing on Islamic science and engineering, cited as a source by the creator.

Herodotus

Mentioned as a chronological reference in a discussion of the Persian Royal Road and long-distance trade.

Ibn al-Faqīh

Historical or geographical reporting cited for the cost and workforce of a major architectural project.

Ibn al-Nadīm

Bibliographical and biographical documentation, including al-Fihrist and notices about earlier scholars.

Ibn Jubayr

A pilgrimage travel chronicle describing Egypt, the Levant, and other regions.

Ibn Khaldūn

The Muqaddimah and analysis of society, historical change, demography, and political economy.

Ibn Khallikān

Biographical writing, mentioned in the reception of Sībawayh.

Ibn Khordādhbeh

Geographical scholarship, cited in discussion of medieval acceptance of Earth’s sphericity.

Ibn Saʿd

Biographical writing in the Ṭabaqāt, cited in discussion of the Prophet’s genealogy.

Ibn ʿAsākir

The History of Damascus, discussed through its later editing and transmission.

Ibn ʿIdhārī

Historical accounts cited for the character and conduct of Yūsuf ibn Tāshfīn.

Karen Armstrong

Religious biography, quoted from her biography of the Prophet Muhammad.

Marco Polo

Travel in Asia and a travelogue compared with Ibn Baṭṭūṭa’s Riḥla.

Roy Casagranda

Public historical explanation featured in a video about Rome and the Muslim conquests.

Ṣāʿid al-Andalusī

Assessment of al-Andalus’s mathematical and astronomical scholarship, quoted about al-Majrīṭī.

Sebeos

Historical writing on Armenia, the Sasanian period, and the early Islamic conquests.

Victor J. Katz

History of mathematics, cited for an assessment of al-Khwārizmī’s al-Jabr.