Wednesday, April 30, 2014

000018 - Ibn al-Faqih, Persian Geographer

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Ibn al-Faqih Ibn al-Faqih . ( Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadhani )  (Persian :  ابن فقیه الهمذانی ‎)     Persian author of a geography written in A...
Tuesday, April 22, 2014

000017 - Ibn al-Baytar, Muslim Botanist and Pharmacist

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Ibn al-Baytar Ibn al-Baytar  ( Ibn al-Baitar ) ( Abu Muhammad Abdallah Ibn Ahmad Ibn al-Baitar Dhiya al-Din al-Malaqi ) (circa, 1188 - 1248...

000016 - Asad Mansur al-Faqih, First Saudi Arabian Ambassador to United States

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Faqih, Asad Mansur al- Sheik Asad Mansur al-Faqih  (1909 - April 2, 1988) was the first Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States.  ...
Monday, April 14, 2014

000015 - Ibn al-Awwam, Arab Agriculturist

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Ibn al-Awwam  was an Arab agriculturist who flourished at Seville in Spain about the end of the 12th century. He wrote a treatise on agricu...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

000014 - Ibn Aranbugha al-Zardkash, "Manual on Armoury" Author

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Ibn Aranbugha al-Zardkash Ibn Aranbugha al-Zardkash  was the author of a 14th century treatise on weaponry entitled  Manual on Armoury.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

000013 - Hunein Maassab, Developer of Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine

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Hunein Maassab (b.  June 11, 1926, Damascus,  - d.  February 1, 2014, North Carolina) was the developer of nasal spray flu vaccine.  He was...
Friday, March 28, 2014

000012 - Ahmad Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone

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Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah  (February 16, 1932 – March 13, 2014) was the third President of Sierra Leone from 1996 to 1997 and again from ...