Saturday, May 10, 2008

Muslim Educationist Contribution

Truly, there is hardly a field that is not indebted to these pioneering children of Islam. Here below is a short list, by no means a comprehensive one, of Muslim scientists from the 8th to the 14th century CE:

701 (died) C.E. * Khalid Ibn Yazeed * Alchemy

721-803 * Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber) * Alchemy (Great Muslim Alchemist)

740 * Al-Asma'i * Zoology, Botany, Animal Husbandry

780 * Al-Khwarizmi (Algorizm) * Mathematics (Algebra, Calculus), Astronomy

776-868 * Amr ibn Bahr al-Jajiz * Zoology

787 * Al Balkhi, Ja'far Ibn Muhammas (Albumasar) * Astronomy

796 (died) * Al-Fazari,Ibrahim Ibn Habib * Astronomy

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

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

816 * Al Balkhi * Geography (World Map)

836 * Thabit Ibn Qurrah (Thebit) * Astronomy, Mechanics, Geometry, Anatomy

838-870 * Ali Ibn Rabban Al-Tabari * Medicine, Mathematics

852 * Al Battani Abu Abdillah * Mathematics, Astronomy, Engineering

857 * Ibn Masawaih You'hanna * Medicine

858-929 * Abu Abdullah Al-Battani (Albategnius) * Astronomy, Mathematics

860 * Al-Farghani, Abu al-Abbas (Al-Fraganus) * Astronomy, Civil Engineering

864-930 * Al-Razi (Rhazes) * Medicine, Ophthalmology, Chemistry

873 (died) * Al-Kindi * Physics, Optics, Metallurgy, Oceanography, Philosophy

888 (died) * Abbas ibn Firnas * Mechanics, Planetarium, Artificial Crystals

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

903-986 * 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 (Altibrizi) * Mathematics, Astronomy

930 * Ibn Miskawayh, Ahmed Abu-Ali * Medicine, Alchemy

932 * Ahmed Al-Tabari * Medicine

934 * al Istakhr II * Geography (World Map)

936-1013 * Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahravi (Albucasis) * Surgery, Medicine

940-997 * Abu Wafa Muhammad Al-Buzjani * Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry

943 * Ibn Hawqal * Geography (World Map)

950 * Al Majrett'ti Abu-al Qasim * Astronomy, Alchemy, Mathematics

958 (died) * Abul Hasan Ali al-Mas'udi * Geography, History

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

965-1040 * Ibn Al-Haitham (Alhazen) * Physics, Optics, Mathematics

973-1048 * Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni * Astronomy, Mathematics, History, Linguistics

976 * Ibn Abil Ashath * Medicine

980-1037 * Ibn Sina (Avicenna) * Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy

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

1001 * Ibn Wardi * Geography (World Map)

1008 (died) * Ibn Yunus * Astronomy, Mathematics.

1019 * Al-Hasib Alkarji * Mathematics

1029-1087 * Al-Zarqali (Arzachel) * Astronomy (Invented Astrolabe)

1044 * Omar Al-Khayyam * Mathematics, Astronomy, Poetry

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

1077 * Ibn Abi-Sadia Abul Qasim * Medicine

1090-1161 * Ibn Zuhr (Avenzoar) * Surgery, Medicine

1095 * Ibn Bajah, Mohammed Ibn Yahya (Avenpace) * Astronomy, Medicine

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

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

1110-1185 * Ibn Tufayl, Abubacer Al-Qaysi * Philosophy, Medicine

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

1128 * Ibn Rushd (Averroe's) * Philosophy, Medicine, Astronomy

1135 * Ibn Maymun, Musa (Maimonides) * Medicine, Philosophy

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

1155 (died) * Abdel-al Rahman Al Khazin * Astronomy

1162 * Al Baghdadi, Abdel-Lateef Muwaffaq * Medicine, Geography

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

1173 * Rasheed Al-Deen Al-Suri * Botany

1180 * Al-Samawal * Algebra

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

1201-1274 * Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi * Astronomy, Non-Euclidean Geometry

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

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

1213-1288 * 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

1270 * Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini * Physics, Astronomy

1273-1331 * 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

1375 (died) * Ibn Shatir * Astronomy

1393-1449 * Ulugh Beg * Astronomy.

1424 * Ghiyath al-Din al Kashani * Numerical Analysis, Computation