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Timeline of Islamic Scientists

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.

701 (died)    -    Khalid Ibn Yazeed    -    Alchemy

721   -   Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber)    -    (Great Muslim Alchemist)

740   -   Al-Asmai    -    (Zoology, Botany, Animal Husbandry)

780   -   Al-Khwarizmi (Algorizm)    -    (Mathematics, Astronomy)

787   -   Al Balkhi, Ja'Far Ibn Muhammas (Albumasar)    -    Astronomy, Fortune-telling

796 (died)    -    Al-Fazari,Ibrahim Ibn Habeeb    -    Astronomy, Translation

800   -   Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi    -    (Alkindus)    -    (Philosophy, Physics, Optics)

808   -   Hunain Ibn Is'haq    -    Medicine, Translator

815   -   Al-Dinawari, Abu-Hanifa Ahmed Ibn Dawood    -    Mathematics, Linguistics

836   -   Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Thebit)    -    (Astronomy, Mechanics)

838   -   Ali Ibn Rabban Al-Tabari    -    (Medicine, Mathematics)

852   -   Al Battani ABU abdillah (Albategni)    -    Mathematics, Astronomy, Engineering

857   -   Ibn MasawaihYou'hanna    -    Medicine

858   -   Al-Battani (Albategnius)    -    (Astronomy, mathematics)

860   -   Al-Farghani (Al-Fraganus)    -    (Astronomy,Civil Engineering)

884   -   Al-Razi (Rhazes)    -    (Medicine,Ophthalmology, Chemistry)

870   -   Al-Farabi (Al-Pharabius)    -    (Sociology, Logic, Science, Music)

900   -   (died)    -    Abu Hamed Al-ustrulabi    -    Astronomy

903   -   Al-Sufi (Azophi    -    ( Astronomy)

908   -   Thabit Ibn Qurrah    -    Medicine, Engineering

912 (died)    -    Al-Tamimi Muhammad Ibn Amyal (Attmimi)    -    Alchemy

923 (died)    -    Al-Nirizi, AlFadl Ibn Ahmed (wronge Altibrizi)    -    Mathematics, Astronomy

930   -   Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmed Abuali    -    Medicine, Alchemy

932   -   Ahmed Al-Tabari    -    Medicine

936   -   Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahravi (Albucasis)    -    (Surgery, Medicine)

940   -   Muhammad Al-Buzjani    -    (Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry)

950   -   Al Majrett'ti Abu-alQasim    -    Astronomy, Alchemy, Mathematics

960 (died)    -    Ibn Wahshiyh, Abu Baker    -    Alchemy, Botany

965   -   Ibn Al-Haitham (Alhazen)    -    Physics, Optics, Mathematics)

973   -   Abu Raihan Al-Biruni    -    (Astronomy, Mathematics)

976   -   Ibn Abil Ashath    -    Medicine

980   -   Ibn Sina (Avicenna)    -    (Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics)

983   -   Ikhwan A-Safa (Assafa)    -    (Group of Muslim Scientists)

1019   -   Al-Hasib Alkarji    -    Mathematics

1029   -   Al-Zarqali (Arzachel)    -    Astronomy (Invented Astrolabe)

1044   -   Omar Al-Khayyam    -    (Mathematics, Poetry)

1060   -   (died) Ali Ibn Ridwan Abu'Hassan Ali    -    Medicine

1077   -   Ibn Abi-Sadia Abul Qasim    -    Medicine

1090   -   Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)    -    Surgery, Medicine

1095   -   Ibn Bajah, Mohammed Ibn Yahya

1097   -   Ibn Al-Baitar Diauddin (Bitar)    -    Botany, Medicine, Pharmacology

1099   -   Al-Idrisi (Dreses)    -    Geography, World Map (First Globe)

1091   -   Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar)    -    ( Surgery, Medicine)

1095   -   Ibn Bajah, Mohammad Ibn Yahya (Avenpace)    -    Philosophy, Medicine

1099   -   Al-Idrisi (Dreses)    -    (Geography -World Map, First Globe)

1100   -   Ibn Tufayl Al-Qaysi    -    Philosophy, Medicine

1120   -   (died)    -    Al-Tuhra-ee, Al-Husain Ibn Ali    -    Alchemy, Poem

1128   -   Ibn Rushd (Averroe's)    -    Philosophy, Medicine

1135   -   Ibn Maymun, Musa (Maimonides)    -    Medicine, Philosphy

1140   -   Al-Badee Al-Ustralabi    -    Astronomy, Mathematics

1155 (died)   -   Abdel-al Rahman AlKhazin    -    Astronomy

1162   -   Al Baghdadi, Abdellateef Muwaffaq    -    Medicine, Geography

1165   -   Ibn A-Rumiyyah Abul'Abbas (Annabati)    -    Botany

1173   -   Rasheed AlDeen Al-Suri    -    Botany

1184   -   Al-Tifashi, Shihabud-Deen (Attifashi)    -    Metallurgy, Stones

1201   -   Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi    -    (Astronomy, Non-Euclidean Geometry)

1203   -   Ibn Abi-Usaibi'ah, Muwaffaq Al-Din    -    Medicine

1204 (died)   -   Al-Bitruji (Alpetragius)    -    (Astronomy)

1213   -   Ibn Al-Nafis Damishqui    -    (Anatomy)

1236   -   Kutb Aldeen Al-Shirazi    -    Astronomy, Geography

1248 (died)   -   Ibn Al-Baitar    -    ( Pharmacy, Botany)

1258   -   Ibn Al-Banna (Al Murrakishi), Azdi    -    Medicine, Mathematics

1262 (died)   -   Al-Hassan Al-Murarakishi    -    Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography

1273   -   Al-Fida (Abdulfeda)    -    ( Astronomy, Geography)

1306   -   Ibn Al-Shater Al Dimashqi    -    Astronomy, Mathematics

1320 (died)    -    Al Farisi Kamalud-deen Abul-Hassan    -    Astronomy, Physics

1341 (died)   -   Al-Jildaki, Muhammad Ibn Aidamer    -    Alchemy

1351   -   Ibn Al-Majdi, Abu Abbas Ibn Tanbugha    -    Mathematics, Astronomy

1359   -   Ibn Al-Magdi,Shihab-Udden Ibn Tanbugha    -    Mathematic, Astronomy