Maqqari

male, deceased (1632)
Maqqari, or Makkari, full name Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Maqqari, (c. 1591-1632), Arabian historian, was born at Tlemcen in Algeria and studied at Fez...
Cleopatra Thea

Cleopatra Thea

female
Cleopatra Thea (ca. 164 BC - 121 BC) surnamed Euergetis (i.e., "Benefactress"), ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, was a daughter of Ptolemy...
Ibn Al-Baitar

Ibn Al-Baitar

male
Abu Muhammad Abdallah Ibn Ahmad Ibn al-Baitar Dhiya al-Din al-Malaqi was an Arab scientists and one of the greatest scientists of Muslim Spain and...
Musa bin Nusair

Musa bin Nusair

male, deceased (716)
Musa bin Nusair was a Yemeni Muslim governor and general under the Umayyads. Musa's father was an Arab of either Syria or Western Iraq (there are...
Shams Tabrizi

Shams Tabrizi

male, deceased (1248)
Shams-e-Tabrīzī was an Iranian Sufi mystic born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan. He is responsible for initiating Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dī...
Ahmed Kuftaro

Ahmed Kuftaro

male, deceased (2004)
Sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Amin Kuftaro (December 1915 - September 1, 2004) was the Grand Mufti of Syria, the highest Muslim religious official in that...
Uqbah Ibn Amir

Uqbah Ibn Amir

male
Uqbah ibn Amir was a companion of Muhammad and well known member of the early Muslim community. He participated in the battle of Uhud and in all...

Kitbuqa

male, deceased (1260)
Kitbuqa Noyen(怯的不花) was the Christian lieutenant and confidant of Hulagu Khan, assisting him in his conquests in Persia and the Middle East. He was...
Robert Of Ketton

Robert Of Ketton

male, deceased (1160)
Robert of Ketton (Latin: Robertus Ketenensis) (1110? - 1160?) was an English medieval theologian, astronomer and Arabist. Ketton, where Robert was...

Tutush I

male, deceased (1095)
Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I (died in 1095) was the Seljuk ruler (probably sultan or emir) of Damascus from 1079 to 1095, succeeding Abaaq...