Jabir ibn Hayyan

Title Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan

Born 721 AD Tus, Umayyad Caliphate
Died 815 AD
Ethnicity Arab or Persian
Era Islamic Golden Age
Religion Islam
Main interest Alchemy and Chemistry, Astronomy, Astrology, Medicine and Pharmacy,
Philosophy, Physics, philanthropist
Notable work Kitab al-Kimya, Kitab al-Sab'een, Book of the Kingdom, Book of the Balances,
Book of Eastern Mercury, etc.

Hasan Ibn al-Haytham

Born 965 Basra
Died 1040 (aged 75) Cairo.
Residence Basra Cairo
Fields Optics, Astronomy, Mathematics
Work Kitabul Manazir

Nasiruddin Tusi
Title Khawaja Nasir
Born 18 February 1201
Died 25 June 1274 (aged 73)
Ethnicity Persian
Era Islamic Golden Age
Region Persia
Religion Muslim, Shia
Main interest(s) Ilm al-Kalam, Islamic Philosophy, Astronomy, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology
Medicine, Physics, and Science
Notable idea(s) Evolution, Spherical trigonometry, Tusi-couple
Notable work(s) Rawḍa-yi Taslīm, Tajrid al-'Aqaid,
Akhlaq-i-Nasri, Zij-i ilkhani,
al-Risalah al-Asturlabiyah,

Ibn Khaldun
Born 27 May 1332 Tunis
Died 19 March 1406 Cairo
Religion Islam
Jurisprudence Maliki
Main interests Historiography (was a great historian)
Sociology
Economics
Demography
Political science
Complex sciences
Notable idea Cyclical Theory of Empires, Asabiyyah, Economic Growth Theory, Supply and
Demand Theory
 Avicenna
(Ibn Sina)
Born 980 CE Afshona, Peshkunskiy, Bukhara, Samanid Empire
Died June 1037 (aged 56–57) Hamadān, Kakuyid Emirate
Other names Sharaf al-Mulk
Hujjat al-Haq
Sheikh al-Rayees Ibn-Sino (Abu Ali Abdulloh Ibn-Sino)
Bu Alī Sīnā (‫)بو علی سینا‬
Era Islamic Golden Age
Main interests Medicine (Major field)
Aromatherapy
Philosophy and logic
Kalām (Islamic theology)
Science
Poetry
Notable works al-Qanun fi al-Tibb known as The Canon of Medicine

Sheikh Saadi
Muslih-ud-Din Mushrif ibn-Abdullah Shirazi

Born 1210 Shiraz, Iran

Died 1291 or 1292 Shiraz
Religion Islam, Sunni
School Persian poetry, Persian literature
Main interests Poetry, Mysticism, Logic, Ethics, and Sufism
Best known works Bostan (The Orchard) completed in 1257
Gulistan (The Rose Garden) in 1258.

Allama Zarakshi
Kuniyat Abu Abdillah
Name Muhammad
Nasab bin Bahadir bin Abdullah
Born 745 A.H at Cairo, Egypt
Died 794 A.H
Ethnicity Arab, Muslim, Sunni, Shafaee maslak
Main Interests Tafseer, Fiqh and Hadith
 Imam al-Bukhari (R.H)
Title Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith
Born 13th Shawwal 194 A.H at Bukhara, Khorasan
Died 1 Shawwal 256 A.H at Khartank, near Samarqand
Resting place Khartank (Samarkand, Uzbekistan)
Ethnicity Persian
Era Abbasid Caliphate
Occupation Muhaddith, Hadith compiler, Islamic scholar
Denomination Sunni Islam
Jurisprudence Shafaee
Main interest Hadith
Notable work Book Sahih al-Bukhari

Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin Yaqoub ibn Ishaq al-Kulainy

Title Thiqatul-Islam Kulainy
Born 250 AH
Died 329 AH
Era Islamic golden age
Region Iran & Iraq
Religion Islam
Denomination Shia Islam
Main interest Hadith
Notable work Kitab al-Kafi

‫موالنا جاللالدین محمد بلخی‬

Rūmī
Title Molana Rumi
Born 1207
Died 17 December 1273 (age 65-66) Konya, Sultanate of Rum
Resting place Konya, now Turkey
Ethnicity Persian
Era Islamic Golden Age
Religion Islam
Creed Sunni Islam, Sufism
Main interest Sufi poetry, Hanafi jurisprudence
Notable idea Sufi whirling, Muraqaba
Notable work Mathnawi Rumi, Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi and Fīhi mā fīhi