Historians of the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 3 people and 27 moments here, from 780 to 1406. The most recorded lives are Ibn Khaldun, Al-Biruni and Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi.
Notable people
Ibn Khaldun
from 1332 to 1406
15 moments here
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was a Tunis-born historian, jurist, political official, teacher, and author of the Muqaddimah.…
Al-Biruni
from 973 to 1048
9 moments here
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian polymath whose documented movements connect Kath and Khwarazm, Bukhara, Gurgan, Gurganj,…
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
from 780 to 825
3 moments here
Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and author active under the Abbasid caliphs. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse and his…
Moments
- 780 Born in Khwarazm Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 820 Works at the House of Wisdom Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Writes his algebra in Baghdad Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 973 Birth at Kath Al-Biruni
- 995 Samanid patronage in Bukhara Al-Biruni
- 997 Lunar-eclipse observation at Kath Al-Biruni
- 1003 Court of Qabus at Gurgan Al-Biruni
- 1004 Lunar-eclipse observation at Jurjaniyya Al-Biruni
- 1009 Adviser at the Ma'munid court Al-Biruni
- 1017 Residence and research in the Indian subcontinent Al-Biruni
- 1017 Taken to Ghazni Al-Biruni
- 1048 Death at Ghazni Al-Biruni
- 1332 Birth in Tunis Ibn Khaldun
- 1354 Arrival at the Marinid court Ibn Khaldun
- 1362 Arrival in Nasrid Granada Ibn Khaldun
- 1364 Diplomatic visit to Seville Ibn Khaldun
- 1365 Political office at Béjaïa Ibn Khaldun
- 1370 Summoned to Tlemcen Ibn Khaldun
- 1375 Mission among the Dawadida near Biskra Ibn Khaldun
- 1375 Retreat at Qal'at Ibn Salama Ibn Khaldun
- 1378 Return to Tunis for research Ibn Khaldun
- 1382 Arrival at Alexandria Ibn Khaldun
- 1383 Arrival in Cairo Ibn Khaldun
- 1387 Pilgrimage to Mecca Ibn Khaldun
- 1401 Meeting Timur outside Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1401 Return to Cairo after Damascus Ibn Khaldun
- 1406 Death and burial in Cairo Ibn Khaldun