Baghdad in the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 5 people and 10 moments here, from 786 to 1401. 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…
Timur
from 1393 to 1401
2 moments here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Ibn Battuta
in 1327
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
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
- 1327 Arrives in Baghdad Ibn Battuta
- 1393 Capture of Baghdad Timur
- 1401 Siege of Baghdad Timur