Zheng He

Zheng He

male, deceased (1433)
Zheng He (1371-1433), was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of...

Evliya Çelebi

male, deceased (1682)
Evliya Çelebi (اوليا چلبي; also known as Derviş Mehmed Zılli was the most famous Ottoman traveler, having journeyed throughout the territories...
St. John Philby

St. John Philby

male, deceased (1960)
Harry St. John Bridger Philby CIE (April 3, 1885 - September 30, 1960), also known as Jack Philby or Sheikh Abdullah, his Arabic name, was an...
Mansa Musa

Mansa Musa

male, deceased (1337)
Mansa Musa was a 14th century king (or Mansa) who ruled the Mali Empire between 1312 and 1337. He is remembered for his fabled hajj and as a...
Leo Africanus

Leo Africanus

male, deceased (1554)
Leo Africanus was the Christianised name of Hasan bin Muhammed al-Wazzan al-Fasi (Hasan, son of Muhammed, the Weigher from Fez) (Granada 1488? -...
Knud Holmboe

Knud Holmboe

male, deceased (1931)
Knud Holmboe (1902 - 1931) was a Danish journalist and explorer who converted to Islam after travels in North Africa. Holmboe was born in Horsens...
Muhammad Al-Idrisi

Muhammad Al-Idrisi

male, 909 years old
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi was an Arab cartographer, geographer and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammad...

Yaqut Al-Hamawi

male, deceased (1229)
Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi was a Syrian biographer and geographer. "al-Rumi" ("from Rûm") refers to his Greek (Byzantine) descent, "...
Ahmad Ibn Fadlan

Ahmad Ibn Fadlan

male, 1109 years old
Ahmad ibn Fadlān ibn al-Abbās ibn Rašīd ibn Hammād was a 10th century Muslim writer and traveler who wrote an account of his travels as a membe...
Abdur Razzaq

Abdur Razzaq

male
Abdur Razzaq, also spelled Razzak, was an ambassador from Persia to Calicut, India, during the Vijayanagara empire in the 15th century CE. He...