Historical figures in Isfahan
The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1024 to 1972. The most recorded lives are Avicenna, Omar Khayyam and Ibn Battuta. Among them Writers, Scientists and Mathematicians, across the Middle Ages and the Islamic Golden Age.
Notable people
Avicenna
from 1024 to 1037
2 moments here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
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…
Omar Khayyam
in 1074
1 moment here
Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet. The securely dated portions of his documented life place him in Nishapur,…
Timur
in 1387
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Willy Brandt
in 1972
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Moments
- 1024 Settlement at Isfahan Avicenna
- 1037 Campaign near Isfahan Avicenna
- 1074 Observatory work in Isfahan Omar Khayyam
- 1327 Crosses to Isfahan Ibn Battuta
- 1387 Arrival at Isfahan Timur
- 1972 Visit to Isfahan Willy Brandt