Top Ten Arab scholars:
Here, I will make a list of top ten Arab scholars; some who have been aforementioned on this blog. Later on, we will have top ten Moorish or Persian scholars. But for now....TEH TYOP TEN:
1. Ibn Khaldun- Sociology, economics, history, demography.
2.Al-Batani- (perhaps the most notable astronomer of the middle ages. Well, besides the Indian astronomer Aryabhatta.)
Like Aryubhatta, I think he did trigonometry as well as astronomy. Possibly of Sabian extraction; but noted as an Arab scholar according to Wikipedia.
3. Alhazen- A father of optics. Noted in physics as well. One of the more notable contributors (if not the most notable medieval contributor) to the improvement of the scientific method.
4. Al-Kindi- Cryptography. Modern cryptography started with the Arabs according to David Khan in his noted work "The Codebreakers"
5. Al-Nafis- Analyzed pulminary circulation centuries before William Harvey.
From Damascus and Cairo.
6. Al-Jazari- The father of robotics
7. Al-Jahiz- Biology. Put forth a hypothesis for evolution
8. Ahmad ibn Mājid-navigation and cartography, oceanography. A noted Omani navigator in the 1400s nicknamed "The Lion of the Sea"
9. Al-Masudi- The "Herodotus" of the Arabs. Geography and history.
Combined geography and history in his noted work
"Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems"
10 Al-Asma'i-zoology, botany, biology, animal husbandry and anatomy.
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HONORARY MENTIONS:
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam- Wrote the book on Algebra. Probably the most notable Muslim scholar in the field besides Al-Kwarizmi.
Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi- Egyptology and medicine
Al-Damiri- Zoology- Detailed about 931 animals, their dietary and medical use.
Al-Muqaddasi- Geography
Umar- Noted Caliph
Ibn Abi Usaibia- Noted medical historian
Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud- Arab mathemetician
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani- Arab grammarian, astronomer, geographer, poet and historian
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi- Wrote the first dictionary of the Arab language. Lexicographer and philologist.
Ibn Butlan- Arab Nestorian Christian from Baghdad. Wrote a manual on hygiene that caught on it late medieval western Europe.
Ibn Wahshiyya- Polymath in the fields of Alchemy, farm toxicology, agriculture, Egyptology, and history. Was from Iraq.
Mentioned the Harrow (agricultural tool) in his works; which he claimed he learned from the Babylonians during the 10th century.
Ibn al-Shatir- Arab astronomer who drastically reformed the Ptolemaic models according to wikipedia by introducing extra epicycles.
Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi- Wrote the earliest surviving work on the positional use of Indo-Arabic numerals. Also noted for using decimal fractions and carrying out calculations without deletion.
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Thābit ibn Qurra-a founder of statics (mechanics). But he was more of a Sabian.
Banū Mūsā scholars- Automation
(might have been of Persian extraction; but generally associated with Baghdad).
Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber)- Chemistry. Although, he might have been Persian.
Usamah ibn Munqidh- Poet, courtier, and diplomat, unclear extraction. Lived and wrote during the crusades; often about them.
Al-Mawardi-judge, diplomat, and author of influential works on governance and ethics- Might have been a Kurd though
Ibn Al-Athir- Arab or Kurdish historian
Hunayn ibn Ishaq- Noted translater of classical knowledge (especially of Galen)- Actually an Assyrian Christian
Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar- Mathemetician and translator who translated Euclid's "Elements" in to Arabic.
OTHER: Here is a list of Arab scholars according to wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_and_scholars
list of Muslim scholars generally:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_scientists
Here, I will make a list of top ten Arab scholars; some who have been aforementioned on this blog. Later on, we will have top ten Moorish or Persian scholars. But for now....TEH TYOP TEN:
1. Ibn Khaldun- Sociology, economics, history, demography.
2.Al-Batani- (perhaps the most notable astronomer of the middle ages. Well, besides the Indian astronomer Aryabhatta.)
Like Aryubhatta, I think he did trigonometry as well as astronomy. Possibly of Sabian extraction; but noted as an Arab scholar according to Wikipedia.
3. Alhazen- A father of optics. Noted in physics as well. One of the more notable contributors (if not the most notable medieval contributor) to the improvement of the scientific method.
4. Al-Kindi- Cryptography. Modern cryptography started with the Arabs according to David Khan in his noted work "The Codebreakers"
5. Al-Nafis- Analyzed pulminary circulation centuries before William Harvey.
From Damascus and Cairo.
6. Al-Jazari- The father of robotics
7. Al-Jahiz- Biology. Put forth a hypothesis for evolution
8. Ahmad ibn Mājid-navigation and cartography, oceanography. A noted Omani navigator in the 1400s nicknamed "The Lion of the Sea"
9. Al-Masudi- The "Herodotus" of the Arabs. Geography and history.
Combined geography and history in his noted work
"Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems"
10 Al-Asma'i-zoology, botany, biology, animal husbandry and anatomy.
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HONORARY MENTIONS:
Abū Kāmil Shujāʿ ibn Aslam- Wrote the book on Algebra. Probably the most notable Muslim scholar in the field besides Al-Kwarizmi.
Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi- Egyptology and medicine
Al-Damiri- Zoology- Detailed about 931 animals, their dietary and medical use.
Al-Muqaddasi- Geography
Umar- Noted Caliph
Ibn Abi Usaibia- Noted medical historian
Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud- Arab mathemetician
Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani- Arab grammarian, astronomer, geographer, poet and historian
Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi- Wrote the first dictionary of the Arab language. Lexicographer and philologist.
Ibn Butlan- Arab Nestorian Christian from Baghdad. Wrote a manual on hygiene that caught on it late medieval western Europe.
Ibn Wahshiyya- Polymath in the fields of Alchemy, farm toxicology, agriculture, Egyptology, and history. Was from Iraq.
Mentioned the Harrow (agricultural tool) in his works; which he claimed he learned from the Babylonians during the 10th century.
Ibn al-Shatir- Arab astronomer who drastically reformed the Ptolemaic models according to wikipedia by introducing extra epicycles.
Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi- Wrote the earliest surviving work on the positional use of Indo-Arabic numerals. Also noted for using decimal fractions and carrying out calculations without deletion.
---------------------------------------------
Thābit ibn Qurra-a founder of statics (mechanics). But he was more of a Sabian.
Banū Mūsā scholars- Automation
(might have been of Persian extraction; but generally associated with Baghdad).
Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber)- Chemistry. Although, he might have been Persian.
Usamah ibn Munqidh- Poet, courtier, and diplomat, unclear extraction. Lived and wrote during the crusades; often about them.
Al-Mawardi-judge, diplomat, and author of influential works on governance and ethics- Might have been a Kurd though
Ibn Al-Athir- Arab or Kurdish historian
Hunayn ibn Ishaq- Noted translater of classical knowledge (especially of Galen)- Actually an Assyrian Christian
Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar- Mathemetician and translator who translated Euclid's "Elements" in to Arabic.
OTHER: Here is a list of Arab scholars according to wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s_and_scholars
list of Muslim scholars generally:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_scientists
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