Baghdad in the Islamic Golden Age
The atlas holds 3 people and 7 moments here, from 786 to 1097. The most recorded lives are Al-Ghazali, Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi and Abu Nuwas.
Notable people
Al-Ghazali
from 1091 to 1097
3 moments here
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
from 820 to 825
2 moments here
Persian mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and author active under the Abbasid caliphs. Biographical evidence is exceptionally sparse and his…
Abu Nuwas
from 786 to 814
2 moments here
Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī was a classical Arabic poet. Sources document his birth in the Ahvaz area, childhood and study in Basra and…
Moments
- 786 Move to Baghdad Abu Nuwas
- 814 Death in Baghdad Abu Nuwas
- 820 Works at the House of Wisdom Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 825 Writes his algebra in Baghdad Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
- 1091 Professor at the Nizamiyya of Baghdad Al-Ghazali
- 1095 Withdrawal from Baghdad Al-Ghazali
- 1097 Brief stay in Baghdad Al-Ghazali