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This is a list of scientists and scholars from the ] and Spain (]) who lived from ] up until the beginning of the ], consisting primarily of scholars during the ]. In some cases, their exact ancestry is unclear.

Both the Arabic and Latin names are given. The following Muslim naming articles are not used for indexing:
:*''Al'' - the
:*''ibn'', ''bin'', ''banu'' - son of
:*''abu'' - father of, the one with

To maintain consistency and keep the list easy to navigate, please follow the '']'' on the Talk page when adding names.

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== A ==
* ] ''(1355 or 1356, Nile Delta, Egypt – 1418)'' writer and mathematician
* ] ''(1162, Baghdad, Iraq–1231)'' physician, historian and Egyptologist
* ] - See ] (1085–1138) polymath
* ] - See ] (936–1013) philosopher, doctor and dentist
* ] ''(10th century, Baghdad,Iraq)'' writer and traveler; member of an embassy of the Caliph of Baghdad to the Volga Bulgars
* ] ''(1432, Ras al-Khaimah, Oman – 1500,?)'' navigator and poet
*] ''(835, Baghdad–912, Egypt)'' - ]
*]'' (9th century)''
*] ''(c. 988, Giza, Egypt–1061, Egypt)'' astronomer and geometer with ]
* ] ''(739, Basra, Iraq–831, Basra, Iraq)'' pioneer of ], ] and ]
*] - See ] (1105–1185) writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official.
*] - See ]
*] - See ]

== B ==
* ] ''(980, Baghdad, Iraq - 1037, ?'' arithmetic
* ] ''(?, Basra, Iraq - 1013, Basra, Iraq)'' theologian, scholar, and Maliki lawyer
* ] ''(850, Harran, Turkey - 929, Qasr al-Jiss, Iraq) astronomer and mathematician

== D ==
* ] ''(837, Basra, Iraq - 934, Baghdad, Iraq)'' ], ], poet, and ]

== G ==
* ] ''(Feary 2, 1928 - April 17, 1993)'' geographer

== H ==

*] (Abû l-Hasan 'Alî ibn Abî l-Rijâl) ''(? - 1037, Kairouan, Tunisia)'' ], best known for his ''Kitāb al-bāri' fi ahkām an-nujūm''
*] ''(943, Baghdad,Iraq - 969,?)'' writer, geographer, and chronicler
* ] ''(born 1935 in Cairo, Egypt)'' professor and chair of philosophy at Cairo University
* ] ''(786 – 833)'' mathematician
* ] '' (722 - 804) chemist
*] (893, Yemen - 945, Sanaa, Yemen) geographer, historian and astronomer
*] ''(1122, Baghdad, Iraq - 1213)'' physician, scientist and author of a medical compendium
*] "(Mecca,SaudiArabia)" medical scientist, She is famous for making major contributions to point-of-care medical testing and biotechnology

== I ==
* ] '''اخوان الصفا وخلان الوفا''' (The Brethren of Purity) ''(], Iraq)'', a group of ] Arabic philosophers of the 10th century
* ] ''(1099, Ceuta, Maghreb - 1166 CE, Sicily) '' ] and ]
* ] ''(died AD 735)'' the earliest known grammarian of the ]

== J ==
* ] ''(1100, Seville, Spain - 1160, ? )'' influential astronomer and mathematician
* ] ''(989, Cordoba, Spain - 1079, Jaen, Spain)'' mathematician and author
* ] "(1136–1206) - described 100 mechanical device
* ] " (821–915), a polymath who is considered the father of chemistry. He emphasized systematic experimentation, and did much to free alchemy from superstition and turn it into a science.
*] ''(10th century, Qairwan, Tunis)'' influential 10th-century physician and author
* ] ''(776, Basra, Iraq - 869, Basra, Iraq)'' ], ] and author
*], Abu Alabbas ''(ca. 800-860)'' ]
*] ''(1145, Valencia, Spain - 1217, Egypt)'' geographer, traveller and poet, known for his detailed travel journals

== K ==
* ] ''(1320, Damascus, Syria - 1380, Damascus, Syria)'' an astronomer who compiled extensive tables for astronomical use
*] (''c. 718, Oman – c. 791)'' writer and ], compiled the first dictionary of the ], the ''Kitab al-Ayn''
* ] ''(c. 801, Kufa, Iraq – 873, Bahgdad, Iraq)'' ], ], ], ] and ]
* ] ''(May 27, 1332, Tunis - March 19, 1406, Cairo, Egypt)''

== L ==
*] (c. 560 – c. 661) Arabian poet.

== M ==
* ]
* ] ''( ?, Baghdad, Iraq - 957, Cairo, Egypt)'' historian, geographer and philosopher, traveled to Spain, Russia, India, ] and China, spent his last years in ] and ]
*], (d. 1008 or 1007 CE), was an Arab Muslim scholar and ] in Spain
*] ''(December 26, 973 - May 10 or May 21, 1057, Ma'arra (المعرة) in ])'' blind Arab ], poet and writer
*], known in ] as '''Alboacen''', ''(972, Basra, Iraq - 1058, Iraq)'' judge, diplomat, and author of influential works on governance and ethics
* ] ''(ca. 910, ? - 1005, China)'' astronomer and astrologist, worked as the chief official of the astronomical observatory of the ]
* ] ''(946 CE, Jerusalem, Palestine - )'' medieval Arab ], author of ''Ahsan at-Taqasim fi Ma`rifat il-Aqalim'' (''The Best Divisions for Knowledge of the Regions'')

== N ==
* ] ''(1213, Damascus, Syria - 1288, Cairo, Egypt)'' ] and author, the first to describe ], compiled a medical encyclopedia and wrote numerous works on other subjects
*] (Alpetragius)<ref>The ] crater on the Moon is named after this Arab astronomer.</ref> ''(?, Morocco - 1204, Seville, Spain)'' ] and ]

== O ==
* ] ''(1965, Amman, Jordan - Present)'' ] Professor at the University of California, Berkeley
* ] ''(1985, Amman, Jordan - Present)'' ] Professor at California Institute of technology

== Q ==
* ] "(826, Harran, Turkey - 902)" mathematician, physician, astronomer, and translator

== S ==
* ] (March 3, 1917 - August 5, 1952)
* ] ''(1304, Damascus - 1375, Syria, Damascus)'' astronomer, mathematician, engineer and inventor, worked at the ] in Damascus, Syria, developed an original astronomical model

== T ==
*] ''(?, Suhar, Oman - 1033 CE, Valencia, Spain)'' ] and author of an encyclopedia of medicine
*] (1105, Granada, Spain - 1185, Marrakech, Morocco) andalusian writer, novelist, Islamic philosopher, Islamic theologian, physician, astronomer, vizier, and court official.

== U ==
* ] ''(920, Damascus, Syria - 980, Damascus, Syria) '' wrote two works on arithmetic, may have anticipated the invention of decimals
*] (1095–1188, Damascus, Syria), Arab historian, politician, and diplomat
*] (1203–1270, ], Syria) ] and ], wrote ''Uyun al-Anba fi Tabaqat al-Atibba'' (''Lives of the Physicians'')
* ] ''(1400, Spain - 1489, Damascus, Syria)'' mathematician, wrote works on mensuration and arithmetic

== W ==
*] ''(Yemen,? - Syria,Damscus,709)'' poet, famous for his erotic and romantic poems

== Y ==
* ] "(c. 950–1009) mathematician and astronomer
* ] mathematician, wrote Kitab al-Istikmal (Book of Perfection) in mathematics

== Z ==
* ] ''(936, Cordoba, Spain - 1013, Cordoba, Spain)'' Islam's greatest medieval ], wrote comprehensive medical texts combining Middle-Eastern, Indian and Greco-Roman classical teachings, shaped European surgical procedures until the ], considered the "father of ]", wrote '']'', a thirty-volume collection of ]
*] ''(1028,Spain - 1087,? CE)'' ], influential ], and instrument maker, contributed to the famous ]
* ] ''(1091, Seville, Spain - 1161, Seville, Spain)'' prominent ] of the Medieval Islamic period

== Notes ==
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== See also ==
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