Historical figures of the Islamic Golden Age
The atlas holds 26 people and 216 moments here, from 756 to 1258. The most recorded lives are Nasir Khusraw, Muhammad al-Bukhari and Saladin. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Scientists.
Notable people
Abu Bakr al-Razi
from 865 to 925
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Persian physician, philosopher, alchemist, and prolific medical writer, also known in Latin as Rhazes.…
Abu Nuwas
from 756 to 814
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Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī was a classical Arabic poet. Sources document his birth in the Ahvaz area, childhood and study in Basra and…
Al-Biruni
from 973 to 1009
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Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian polymath whose documented movements connect Kath and Khwarazm, Bukhara, Gurgan, Gurganj,…
Al-Farabi
from 942 to 950
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Abu Nasr al-Farabi was an early Islamic philosopher, logician, and music theorist. The surviving reliable evidence for his movements is sparse: it…
Al-Ghazali
from 1058 to 1111
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Al-Tirmidhi
from 824 to 892
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Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi) was a ninth-century hadith scholar and compiler of Jamiʿ al-Tirmidhi.…
Averroes
from 1126 to 1182
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Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was an Andalusian jurist, physician, philosopher, and commentator on Aristotle.…
Avicenna
from 980 to 1037
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Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Charlemagne
in 778
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Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Ferdowsi
from 940 to 1025
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Persian poet Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi, author of the Shahnameh. The surviving evidence for his movements is unusually sparse and much later narrative…
Francis of Assisi
from 1219 to 1220
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Italian Catholic friar, deacon, preacher, and founder of the Order of Friars Minor. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone at Assisi, he renounced his…
Genghis Khan
from 1219 to 1222
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Born Temüjin, Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes and founded the Mongol Empire. His documented movements span the Onon and Kherlen riverlands,…
Harun al-Rashid
from 763 to 809
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Harun al-Rashid was the fifth Abbasid caliph, reigning from 786 to 809. Born at Ray, he led expeditions against Byzantium before becoming caliph,…
Hulegu Khan
from 1255 to 1258
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Mongol prince, founder and first ruler of the Ilkhanate. Hulegu led the Mongol conquest of much of western Asia, including the destruction of the…
Ibn al-Haytham
from 965 to 1040
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Ibn al-Haytham, also known in Latin as Alhazen, was an Iraqi-born mathematician, astronomer, and physicist whose documented life is chiefly…
Jabir ibn Hayyan
in 815
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Jabir ibn Hayyan is the traditional name attached to a large Arabic alchemical corpus. Modern scholarship questions whether a single historical…
Mahmud al-Kashgari
from 1057 to 1072
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Kara-Khanid scholar and lexicographer best known for the Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, a foundational dictionary of Turkic languages.…
Muhammad al-Bukhari
from 810 to 870
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Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810–870) was a hadith scholar from Bukhara whose travels for study, teaching, and transmission ranged across Central…
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
from 780 to 825
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Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and author active under the Abbasid caliphs. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse and his…
Nasir Khusraw
from 1004 to 1060
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Persian poet, philosopher, traveler, and Isma'ili missionary. Born at Qubadiyan, he served as a financial administrator in Marw before leaving in…
Ögedei Khan
from 1219 to 1221
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Third son of Genghis Khan and khagan of the Mongol Empire from 1229 to 1241. His documented movements include early campaigns in Mongolia, North…
Omar Khayyam
from 1048 to 1131
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Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. The securely dated portions of his documented life place him in Nishapur,…
Rudaki
from 858 to 941
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Abu Abd-Allah Ja'far ibn Muhammad Rudaki was a Persian poet, singer, and musician of the Samanid period, conventionally dated c. 858–941.…
Rumi
from 1207 to 1248
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Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was a Persian-language poet, jurist, teacher, and Sufi mystic. Born at Wakhsh in the Khwarazmian Empire, he moved with his…
Moments
- 756 Birth in the Ahvaz area Abu Nuwas
- 763 Birth at Ray Harun al-Rashid
- 778 Crossed the Pyrenees into Spain Charlemagne
- 778 Retreated through Roncevaux Pass Charlemagne
- 780 Born in Khwarazm Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 782 Departure for Byzantine campaign Harun al-Rashid
- 786 Move to Baghdad Abu Nuwas
- 786 Accession prayers at Baghdad’s Great Mosque Harun al-Rashid
- 793 Pilgrimage to Mecca Harun al-Rashid
- 795 Pilgrimage to Mecca Harun al-Rashid
- 796 Court transferred to Raqqa Harun al-Rashid
- 797 Pilgrimage to Mecca Harun al-Rashid
- 802 Pilgrimage and Meccan succession settlement Harun al-Rashid
- 803 Final documented pilgrimage to Mecca Harun al-Rashid
- 804 Court stay at al-Rayy Harun al-Rashid
- 805 Tax-inspector entourage in Egypt Abu Nuwas
- 806 Base at Tyana during the Byzantine campaign Harun al-Rashid
- 806 Siege and capture of Herakleia Harun al-Rashid
- 806 Departure from Raqqa for the 806 invasion Harun al-Rashid
- 807 Return journey to Egypt with tax-inspector entourage Abu Nuwas
- 808 Arrival at Jorjan on eastern campaign Harun al-Rashid
- 809 Final stay and death at Tus Harun al-Rashid
- 810 Birth in Bukhara Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 814 Death in Baghdad Abu Nuwas
- 815 Traditional death in Kufa Jabir ibn Hayyan
- 820 Works at the House of Wisdom Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 820 Study journey to Merv Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 824 Birth at Bugh Al-Tirmidhi
- 824 First documented stay in Nishapur Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 825 Writes his algebra in Baghdad Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Journey via Baghdad Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 826 Early study visit to Basra Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 826 Hajj and residence in Mecca Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 826 Study in Kufa Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 826 Study visit to Caesarea Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 826 Visit to Wasit Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 827 Journey to Homs Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 827 Writing in Medina Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 832 Study visit to Ascalon Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 832 Study visit to Egypt Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 833 Travel to Damascus Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 835 Basra during the mihna era Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 839 Eastern return to Nishapur Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 840 Visit to Samarkand Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 846 Completion of Sahih al-Bukhari in Bukhara Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 848 Nishapur residence and teaching Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 854 Visit to Baghlan Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 858 Five-year Basra residence Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 858 Birth at Banoj Rudaki
- 862 Final recorded visit to Baghdad Muhammad al-Bukhari