Thursday, May 29, 2014

A00022 - Hamawi, Yaqut ibn 'Abdullah al-Rumi al-, Islamic Biographer and Geographer

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Hamawi, Yaqut ibn 'Abdullah al-Rumi al- Yaqut ibn 'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi  (1179–1229) (Arabic:  ياقوت الحموي الرومي ‎) was an ...

A00021 - Hamdun ibn al-Hajj, Moroccan Scholar

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Hamdun ibn al-Hajj  or in full  Abu al-Fayd Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hamdun ibn Abd al-Rahman Mohammed ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi al-Sulami al-...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

A00020 - Malik Bendjelloul, Oscar Winner for "Searching for Sugar Man"

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Bendjelloul, Malik Malik Bendjelloul  (September 14, 1977 – May 13, 2014) was an Algerian Swedish Academy-Award-winning  documentary fil...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

000019 - Nazim al-Haqqani, Sufi Spiritual Leader

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Nazim al-Haqqani  or  Mehmet Nâzım Adil  (Arabic:   محمد ناظم الحقاني  ‎, April 21, 1922   / Sha'ban   23, 1340 AH  – May 7, 2014), form...
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.  ...