Islamic History & Civilization

Islamic History & Current Events

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• 6th Century (500 - 599) C.E

• 7th Century (600 - 699) C.E

• 8th Century (700 - 799) C.E

• 9th Century (800 - 899) C.E

• 10th Century (900 - 999) C.E

• 11th Century (1000 -1099) C.E

• 12th Century (1100 - 1199) C.E

• 13th Century (1200 - 1299) C.E

• 14th Century (1300 - 1399) C.E

• 15th Century (1400 - 1499) C.E

• 16th Century (1500 - 1599) C.E

• 17th Century (1600 - 1699) C.E

• 18th Century (1700 - 1799) C.E

• 19th Century (1800 - 1899) C.E

• 20th Century (1900 - 1999) C.E

• The First Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs

• The Umayyad

• Islam In Spain

• The 'Abbasids

• The Golden Age From the seventh to the sixteenth centuries

• The Seljuk Turks

• The Crusaders

• The Mongol and The Mamluks

• The Legacy

• The Ottomans

• The Coming of The West

• Armageddon, World War III, Antichrist, and The Second Coming of Jesus

 

Muslim Scientists and Scholars

Muslim scientists and scholars have contributed immensely to human knowledge especially in the period between 8th and 14th century CE. However, their contributions have been largely ignored, forgotten or have gone un-acknowledged. Many of their names were Latinized, so no one knows their Islamic origin. You can read fascinating accounts of some of the most talented Muslim scholars in history whose contributions have left lasting marks in the annals of science, astronomy, medicine, surgery, engineering and philosophy.

Jabir Ibn Haiyan died 803, (Geber) Chemistry (Father of Chemistry)
Mohammad Bin Musa al-Khawarizmi died 840, (Algorizm) Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography. (Algorithm, Algebra, calculus)
Yaqub Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi 800, (Alkindus) Philosophy, Physics, Optics, Medicine, Mathematics, Metallurgy.
Thabit Ibn Qurra 836 (Thebit) Astronomy, Mechanics, Geometry, Anatomy.
Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari 838 Medicine, Mathematics, Caligraphy, Literature.
Abu Abdullah al-Battani 858  (Albategnius) Astronomy, mathematics, Trigonometry.
Al-Farghani 860 (Al-Fraganus) Astronomy, Civil Engineering.
Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi 864 (Rhazes) Medicine, Ophthalmology, Smallpox, Chemistry, Astronomy.
Abu al-Nasr al-Farabi 870 (Al-Pharabius) Sociology, Logic, Philosophy, Political Science, Music.

Abul Hasan Ali al-Masu'di died 957 Geography, History.
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi 936 surgery (Albucasis) Father of Modern Surgery, Medicine.
Abul Wafa Muhammad al-Buzjani 940 Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry, Trigonometry.
Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham 965 (Alhazen) Physics, Optics, Mathematics.
Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi 972 (Alboacen) Political Science, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Ethics.
Abu Raihan al-Biruni 973 Astronomy, Mathematics. (Determined Earth's Circumference)
Ibn Sina 980  (Avicenna) doctor of doctors, Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy.

Omar al-Khayyam 1044 Mathematics, Poetry.
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1058 (Algazel) Sociology, Theology, Philosophy.
Abu Marwan Ibn Zuhr 1091 (Avenzoar) Surgery, Medicine.
Al-Idrisi 1099 (Dreses)  Geography (World Map, First Globe).

Ibn Rushd 1128 (Averroes) Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Astronomy, Theology.

Ibn al-Baitar died 1248 Pharmacy, Botany
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 Astronomy, Non-Euclidean Geometry.
Jalal al-Din Rumi 1207 Sociology
Ibn al-Nafis 1213 Anatomy

Ibn Khaldun 1332 Sociology, Philosophy of History, Political Science.

 

References:

http://islamicweb.com/index.asp?folder=history

http://www.ummah.net/history/scholars/index.html

http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/

http://www.islamfortoday.com/history.htm

http://www.islamstory.com/article.php?cat_id=108 Islamic History - Arabic - الدكتور راغب السرجاني