Basra in the Middle Ages

The atlas holds 7 people and 9 moments here, from 656 to 1327. The most recorded lives are Muhammad al-Bukhari, Ibn Battuta and Ali ibn Abi Talib.

Aisha
in 656
1 moment here
Aisha bint Abi Bakr (c. 614–678), wife of Muhammad, major transmitter of hadith, teacher, and political figure in the early Muslim community.…
Ali ibn Abi Talib
in 656
1 moment here
Ali ibn Abi Talib was the fourth Rashidun caliph (656–661), cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, and first Shia Imam.…
Husayn ibn Ali
in 656
1 moment here
Husayn ibn Ali was an Alid political and religious leader, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima, grandson of Muhammad, and the third Imam in Shia…
Ibn al-Haytham
in 965
1 moment here
Ibn al-Haytham, also known in Latin as Alhazen, was an Iraqi-born mathematician, astronomer, and physicist whose documented life is chiefly…
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…
Muhammad al-Bukhari
from 826 to 858
3 moments here
Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Bukhari (810–870) was a hadith scholar from Bukhara whose travels for study, teaching, and transmission ranged across Central…
Nasir Khusraw
in 1051
1 moment here
Persian poet, philosopher, traveler, and Isma'ili missionary. Born at Qubadiyan, he served as a financial administrator in Marw before leaving in…