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Comprehensive list of Muslim Scientists


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: 1

~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
 

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Login to find out (May 21, 2007 at 4:48pm)
mos def
its a group effort
we can start right here .... i searched for muslim scientists in post-modern era couldnt really find much...
 
Login to find out (May 21, 2007 at 9:15am)
I was thinking the same thing! Insha Allah, maybe the brother wont mind if it becomes a group effort :)


Peace
 
Login to find out (May 20, 2007 at 12:45pm)
peace
yes this is a nice list - for me i always wondered what happened after the 15C - surely there were muslim scientists who did good work after the 15C up to the present so called modern times - we need to continue the list up to the present - i realize its contentious to evaluate contribution - but we must not stop or be satisfied that somehow there was a decline in muslim contribution to science ... if you can add to the list i think it would be wonderful along with links to biographies and more detail about the specific contributions... thanks for putting this list together its a wonderful start... its appreciated
peace out!
 
Login to find out (May 6, 2007 at 6:36am)
Masha Allah, I could not agree more :) Nice work!



Peace
 
Login to find out (May 5, 2007 at 5:58pm)
As the Prophet (PBUH) said "The scholars are heirs of the Prophets (PBUT)" I couldn't agree more.