Damascus in the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 9 people and 14 moments here, from 611 to 1401. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Rumi and Al-Ghazali.
Notable people
Al-Farabi
from 943 to 950
2 moments 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 1095 to 1096
2 moments here
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Ibn Battuta
from 1326 to 1348
3 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Ibn Khaldun
in 1401
1 moment here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Muhammad al-Bukhari
in 833
1 moment 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…
Rumi
from 1233 to 1248
2 moments here
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…
Saladin
in 1193
1 moment here
Kurdish military commander, founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, and sultan of Egypt and Syria. Born at Tikrit, Saladin rose through the Zengid…
Timur
in 1400
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Uthman ibn Affan
in 611
1 moment here
Uthman ibn Affan was the third Rashidun caliph, ruling from 644 until his assassination in Medina in 656.…
Moments
- 611 Return from Syrian business journey Uthman ibn Affan
- 833 Travel to Damascus Muhammad al-Bukhari
- 943 Completion of the Virtuous City in Damascus Al-Farabi
- 950 Death in Damascus Al-Farabi
- 1095 Journey to Damascus Al-Ghazali
- 1096 Return through Damascus Al-Ghazali
- 1193 Dies at Damascus Saladin
- 1233 Studies in Damascus Rumi
- 1248 Search for Shams in Damascus Rumi
- 1326 Spends Ramadan in Damascus Ibn Battuta
- 1348 Arrives in plague-stricken Damascus Ibn Battuta
- 1348 Returns to Damascus during the plague Ibn Battuta
- 1400 Siege of Damascus Timur
- 1401 Meeting Timur outside Damascus Ibn Khaldun