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Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari is widely known for his historical works and expertise in Quranic exegesis, and has been described as "an impressively prolific polymath". He authored works on a diverse range of subjects, including world history, poetry, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and medicine. Among his most fa
Al-Baladhuri
ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (; died 892 or 893) was a 9th-century Muslim historian. One of the eminent West Asian historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. He travelled in Syria and Iraq, compiling information for his major works.
Ibn Miskawayh
Ibn Miskuyah ( Muskūyah, 932–1030), (Arabic: مِسْكَوَيْه، أبو علي محمد بن أحمد بن يعقوب مسكويه الرازي) full name Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Yaʿqūb Miskawayh al-Rāzī was a Persian chancery official of the Buyid era, and philosopher and historian from Parandak, Iran. As a Neoplatonist, his influence on Islamic philosophy is primarily in the area of ethics. He was the author of the first major Islamic work on philosophical ethics entitled the Refinement of Character ( Tahdhīb al-Akhlāq), focusing on practical ethics, conduct, and the refinement of character. He separated personal ethics from
Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī
Persian Islamic polymath (died 895)
Hossein Nasr
Iranian philosopher, theologian and Islamic scholar (born 1933)
Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani
Persian historian and writer (1125–1201)
Iskandar Beg Munshi
Iranian historian
Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi
Historian, ambassador and confidant to the King
Vali Nasr
Iranian-American academic and author (born 1960)
Nafi Mawla ibn Umar
faqih and muhaddith
Maʻmar ibn Rāshid
8th-century Persian Hadith scholar
Rasul Jafarian
Iranian historian
Ahmad ibn al-Tayyib al-Sarakhsi
9th century Persian historian and philosopher