5 results for “polymath”

...born near Bukhara in 370 AH, was the foremost physician and polymath of the Abbasid era. His al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (Canon of Medic...

Abu Uthman al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work of zoology...

Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari, the great polymath, historian, and Quran commentator, died in Baghdad. His Taf...

Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, the great polymath and author of the massive Quranic commentary Mafatih al-Gha...

Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, one of the most prolific scholars in Islamic history with over 500 works, died in Cairo. His al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Quran is the most compr