Sunday, May 3, 2026

List of Mongol Empire khanates

This post is a list of Mongol Empire (1206-1368) khanates. There are 4 khanates listed below alphabetically.

  • Chagatai Khanate (1227-1347)
  • Golden Horde (c. 1225-1502)
  • Ilkhanate (1256-1335)
  • Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)

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Saturday, May 2, 2026

List of Crusader states

This post is a list of Crusader states (1098-1291). There are 4 states listed below alphabetically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Principality of Antioch
  • County of Edessa
  • Kingdom of Jerusalem
  • County of Tripoli

Collection of Islamic Golden Age intellectuals

This post is a collection of Islamic Golden Age (8th - 14th centuries) intellectuals. There are 46 intellectuals listed below alphabetically. Source: Wikipedia

  • Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi: astronomy, ecliptic plane
  • Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari: theology, Ash'ari school
  • * Abu Bakr al-Razi: medicine, philosophy
  • Abu Mansur al-Maturidi: theology, Maturidi school
  • * Ahmad ibn Hanbal: jurisprudence, memorization of Hadiths
  • * Al-Biruni: physics, mathematics, astronomy, history
  • * al-Farabi (Alpharabius): music theory, neoplatonism
  • Al-Farghani: astronomy, engineering
  • * Al-Ghazali: jurisprudence, theology
  • Al-Jahiz: theology, literature, zoology
  • * Al-Khwarizmi: mathematics, algebra, arithmetic, astronomy
  • * al-Kindi: philosophy, theology, mathematics, statistics
  • * al-Zahrawi (Albucasis): medicine, surgery
  • Al-Zarnuji: pedagogy 
  • * Amir Khusrau: music theory, poetry
  • * Averroes (Ibn Rushd): philosophy, Aristotelianism, medicine, theology
  • * Avicenna (Ibn Sina): philosophy, medicine, astronomy
  • Banū Mūsā brothers: engineering, astronomy, mathematics
  • Eutychius of Alexandria: theology
  • * Ferdowsi: poetry
  • * Hafez: literature
  • Hunayn ibn Ishaq (Hunain): Greek and Persian translation
  • * Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen): optics, physics, mathematics
  • Ibn al-Nafis: medicine, circulation
  • Ibn al-Quff: medicine, surgery
  • Ibn al-Shatir: astronomy, mathematics
  • * Ibn Khaldun: history, social science
  • Ibn Na-ima al-Himsi: Greek translation
  • Ibn Mu'adh al-Jayyani: mathematics, spherical trigonometry
  • Ibn Tufayl: philosophy, medicine
  • Ibn Zuhr: medicine, surgery
  • Ismail al-Jazari: engineering
  • * Jabir ibn Hayyan: alchemy, philosophy, cosmology
  • Jabril ibn Bukhtishu: medicine
  • Jamshid al-Kashi: astronomy, mathematics
  • Masawaiyh: medicine
  • Muhammad al-Idrisi: geography
  • * Nasir al-Din al-Tusi: astronomy, planetary motion, mathematics
  • Nastulus: astronomy, astrolabes
  • * Omar Khayyam: mathematics, conic sections, literature
  • Qusta ibn Luqa: medicine, mathematics, astronomy
  • * Saadi Shirazi: poetry
  • Safi al-Din al-Urmawi: music theory
  • Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi: mathematician, astronomy
  • Yusaf al-Khuri: medicine, translation
  • Ziryab: music theory

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