Baghdad in the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 11 people and 20 moments here, from 782 to 1401. The most recorded lives are Al-Ghazali, Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Abu Nuwas.
Notable people
Abu Nuwas
from 786 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-Farabi
in 942
1 moment here
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 1091 to 1097
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Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Harun al-Rashid
from 782 to 786
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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
in 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 Battuta
in 1327
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
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 825 to 862
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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 820 to 825
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Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and author active under the Abbasid caliphs. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse and his…
Saadi Shirazi
in 1223
1 moment here
Saadi Shirazi (ca. 1210–1291 or 1292) was a Persian poet and prose writer. The securely documented outline of his movements is limited: he was born…
Timur
from 1393 to 1401
2 moments here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Moments
- 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
- 814 Death in Baghdad Abu Nuwas
- 820 Works at the House of Wisdom Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Writes his algebra in Baghdad Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Journey via Baghdad Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 862 Final recorded visit to Baghdad Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 942 Baghdad scholarly residence Al-Farabi
- 1057 Refugee settlement in Baghdad Mahmud al-Kashgari
- 1072 Compiling Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk Mahmud al-Kashgari
- 1091 Professor at the Nizamiyya of Baghdad Al-Ghazali
- 1095 Withdrawal from Baghdad Al-Ghazali
- 1097 Brief stay in Baghdad Al-Ghazali
- 1223 Departure for study in Baghdad Saadi Shirazi
- 1258 Eastern siege camp at Baghdad Hulegu Khan
- 1258 Visit to the caliphal palace Hulegu Khan
- 1327 Arrives in Baghdad Ibn Battuta
- 1393 Capture of Baghdad Timur
- 1401 Siege of Baghdad Timur