Timeline of Islamic Scientists (700-1400)
This chart depicts the lifes of key Islamic Scientists and related writers, from the 8th to the end of the 13th century. By placing each writer in a historical context, this will help us understand the influences and borrowing of ideas.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="6" width="80%"><tbody><tr><td width="12%">701 (died) </td><td width="49%">Khalid Ibn Yazeed</td><td width="39%">Alchemy</td></tr><tr><td>721</td><td>Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber)</td><td>(Great Muslim Alchemist)</td></tr><tr><td>740 </td><td>Al-Asmai</td><td>(Zoology, Botany, Animal Husbandry)</td></tr><tr><td>780</td><td>Al-Khwarizmi (Algorizm)</td><td>(Mathematics, Astronomy)</td></tr><tr><td>787</td><td>Al Balkhi, Ja'Far Ibn Muhammas (Albumasar)</td><td>Astronomy, Fortune-telling</td></tr><tr><td>796 (died) </td><td>Al-Fazari,Ibrahim Ibn Habeeb </td><td>Astronomy, Translation</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi - (Alkindus)</td><td>(Philosophy, Physics, Optics)</td></tr><tr><td>808</td><td>Hunain Ibn Is'haq</td><td>Medicine, Translator</td></tr><tr><td>815 </td><td>Al-Dinawari, Abu-Hanifa Ahmed Ibn Dawood</td><td>Mathematics, Linguistics</td></tr><tr><td>836</td><td>Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Thebit)</td><td>(Astronomy, Mechanics)</td></tr><tr><td>838</td><td>Ali Ibn Rabban Al-Tabari</td><td>(Medicine, Mathematics)</td></tr><tr><td>852</td><td>Al Battani ABU abdillah (Albategni)</td><td>Mathematics, Astronomy, Engineering</td></tr><tr><td>857 </td><td>Ibn MasawaihYou'hanna</td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>858</td><td>Al-Battani (Albategnius) </td><td>(Astronomy, mathematics)</td></tr><tr><td>860</td><td>Al-Farghani (Al-Fraganus) </td><td>(Astronomy,Civil Engineering)</td></tr><tr><td>884</td><td> Al-Razi (Rhazes) </td><td>(Medicine,Ophthalmology, Chemistry)</td></tr><tr><td>870</td><td>Al-Farabi (Al-Pharabius)</td><td>(Sociology, Logic, Science, Music)</td></tr><tr><td>900-(died) </td><td>Abu Hamed Al-ustrulabi</td><td>Astronomy</td></tr><tr><td>903</td><td>Al-Sufi (Azophi)</td><td> ( Astronomy)</td></tr><tr><td>908</td><td>Thabit Ibn Qurrah</td><td>Medicine, Engineering</td></tr><tr><td>912 (died) </td><td>Al-Tamimi Muhammad Ibn Amyal (Attmimi)</td><td>Alchemy</td></tr><tr><td>923 (died)</td><td>Al-Nirizi, AlFadl Ibn Ahmed (wronge Altibrizi) </td><td>Mathematics, Astronomy</td></tr><tr><td>930</td><td>Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmed Abuali</td><td>Medicine, Alchemy</td></tr><tr><td>932</td><td>Ahmed Al-Tabari </td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>936</td><td>Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahravi (Albucasis) </td><td>(Surgery, Medicine)</td></tr><tr><td>940 </td><td>Muhammad Al-Buzjani</td><td>(Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry)</td></tr><tr><td>950</td><td>Al Majrett'ti Abu-alQasim</td><td>Astronomy, Alchemy, Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>960 (died) </td><td>Ibn Wahshiyh, Abu Baker </td><td>Alchemy, Botany</td></tr><tr><td>965</td><td>Ibn Al-Haitham (Alhazen)</td><td>Physics, Optics, Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>973 </td><td>Abu Raihan Al-Biruni</td><td>(Astronomy, Mathematics)</td></tr><tr><td>976</td><td> Ibn Abil Ashath</td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>980</td><td>Ibn Sina (Avicenna)</td><td>(Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics)</td></tr><tr><td>983</td><td>Ikhwan A-Safa (Assafa)</td><td>(Group of Muslim Scientists)</td></tr><tr><td>1019</td><td>Al-Hasib Alkarji</td><td>Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>1029</td><td>Al-Zarqali (Arzachel)</td><td>Astronomy (Invented Astrolabe)</td></tr><tr><td>1044</td><td>Omar Al-Khayyam </td><td>(Mathematics, Poetry)</td></tr><tr><td>1060(died)</td><td> Ali Ibn Ridwan Abu'Hassan Ali </td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1077</td><td>Ibn Abi-Sadia Abul Qasim</td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1090</td><td>Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) </td><td>Surgery, Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1095</td><td>Ibn Bajah, Mohammed Ibn Yahya</td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td>1097</td><td> Ibn Al-Baitar Diauddin (Bitar)</td><td>Botany, Medicine, Pharmacology</td></tr><tr><td>1099</td><td>Al-Idrisi (Dreses)</td><td>Geography, World Map (First Globe)</td></tr><tr><td>1091</td><td>Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) </td><td>( Surgery, Medicine)</td></tr><tr><td>1095</td><td>Ibn Bajah, Mohammad Ibn Yahya (Avenpace)</td><td>Philosophy, Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1099 </td><td>Al-Idrisi (Dreses)</td><td> (Geography -World Map, First Globe)</td></tr><tr><td>1100 </td><td>Ibn Tufayl Al-Qaysi </td><td>Philosophy, Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1120 (died)</td><td>Al-Tuhra-ee, Al-Husain Ibn Ali</td><td>Alchemy, Poem</td></tr><tr><td>1128</td><td>Ibn Rushd (Averroe's)</td><td>Philosophy, Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1135</td><td>Ibn Maymun, Musa (Maimonides)</td><td>Medicine, Philosphy</td></tr><tr><td>1140</td><td>Al-Badee Al-Ustralabi</td><td>Astronomy, Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>1155 (died)</td><td>Abdel-al Rahman AlKhazin</td><td>Astronomy</td></tr><tr><td>1162</td><td>Al Baghdadi, Abdellateef Muwaffaq</td><td>Medicine, Geography</td></tr><tr><td>1165</td><td>Ibn A-Rumiyyah Abul'Abbas (Annabati)</td><td>Botany</td></tr><tr><td>1173</td><td>Rasheed AlDeen Al-Suri</td><td>Botany</td></tr><tr><td>1184</td><td>Al-Tifashi, Shihabud-Deen (Attifashi)</td><td>Metallurgy, Stones</td></tr><tr><td>1201</td><td>Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi</td><td>(Astronomy, Non-Euclidean Geometry)</td></tr><tr><td>1203</td><td>Ibn Abi-Usaibi'ah, Muwaffaq Al-Din</td><td>Medicine</td></tr><tr><td>1204 (died)</td><td>Al-Bitruji (Alpetragius)</td><td>(Astronomy)</td></tr><tr><td>1213</td><td>Ibn Al-Nafis Damishqui</td><td>(Anatomy)</td></tr><tr><td>1236</td><td>Kutb Aldeen Al-Shirazi</td><td>Astronomy, Geography</td></tr><tr><td>1248 (died)</td><td>Ibn Al-Baitar</td><td>( Pharmacy, Botany)</td></tr><tr><td>1258</td><td>Ibn Al-Banna (Al Murrakishi), Azdi</td><td>Medicine, Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>1262 (died)</td><td>Al-Hassan Al-Murarakishi </td><td>Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography</td></tr><tr><td>1273</td><td>Al-Fida (Abdulfeda)</td><td>( Astronomy, Geography)</td></tr><tr><td>1306</td><td>Ibn Al-Shater Al Dimashqi</td><td>Astronomy, Mathematics</td></tr><tr><td>1320 (died)</td><td>Al Farisi Kamalud-deen Abul-Hassan</td><td>Astronomy, Physics</td></tr><tr><td>1341 (died)</td><td>Al-Jildaki, Muhammad Ibn Aidamer</td><td>Alchemy</td></tr><tr><td>1351</td><td>Ibn Al-Majdi, Abu Abbas Ibn Tanbugha</td><td>Mathematics, Astronomy</td></tr><tr><td>1359</td><td>Ibn Al-Magdi,Shihab-Udden Ibn Tanbugha</td><td>Mathematic, Astronomy</td></tr></tbody></table>[/parsehtml]