Historical figures in Iran
The atlas holds 3 people and 3 moments here, from 756 to 1998. The most recorded lives are Avicenna, Abu Nuwas and Maryam Mirzakhani. Among them Writers, Mathematicians and Educators, across the Islamic Golden Age and the Middle Ages.
Notable people
Avicenna
in 1030
1 moment here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Abu Nuwas
in 756
1 moment 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…
Maryam Mirzakhani
in 1998
1 moment here
Iranian mathematician whose work transformed the study of hyperbolic surfaces, moduli spaces, and dynamics.…
Moments
- 756 Birth in the Ahvaz area Abu Nuwas
- 1030 Refuge in Khuzistan during Ghaznavid occupation Avicenna
- 1998 Survives return journey from Ahvaz Maryam Mirzakhani