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Zhu Xi
Philosophy & Thought
41
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 720

Zhu Xi

ๆœฑ็†น
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
18 October 1130 โ€“ 23 April 1200 (69 years old)

Preeminent thinker of Neo-Confucianism who unified the Four Books into the canonical civil examination curriculum and synthesized cosmology through Principle (Li) and Vital Energy (Qi).

Kaoting (Jianyang, Fujian), China
Al-Qadi al-Fadil
Statesmanship & Statesmen
19
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Al-Qadi al-Fadil

ุงู„ู‚ุงุถูŠ ุงู„ูุงุถู„ (ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ุฑุญูŠู… ุงู„ุจูŠุณุงู†ูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine
1135 โ€“ 1200 (65 years old)

Supreme Grand Vizier and diplomatic master of Cairo whose exquisite Arabic epistolary prose directed Saladin's empire, celebrated by Saladin: 'Do not think I conquered the realms by my swords, but by the pen of al-Qadi al-Fadil.'

Cairo, Egypt
Nimbarka
Philosophy & Thought
37
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Nimbarka

เคจเคฟเคฎเฅเคฌเคพเคฐเฅเค•เคพเคšเคพเคฐเฅเคฏ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
c. 1130 โ€“ c. 1200 (70 years old)

Vaishnava philosopher-saint who founded Dvaitadvaita (Dualistic Non-Dualism) Vedanta, author of the 'Vedanta Parijata Saurabha', who established the worship of Radha and Krishna as the divine source of grace.

Salemabad (Rajasthan), India
Yaqub al-Mansur
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
43
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Yaqub al-Mansur

ุฃุจูˆ ูŠูˆุณู ูŠุนู‚ูˆุจ ุงู„ู…ู†ุตูˆุฑ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1160 โ€“ 1199 (39 years old)

Almohad Caliph known as 'Al-Mansur' (The Victorious), who crushed King Alfonso VIII of Castile at the epic Battle of Alarcos in 1195 and completed the architectural masterpieces of the Koutoubia, the Giralda, and the Hassan Tower.

Tinmel (High Atlas), Morocco
Ibn Rushd (Averroรซs)
Philosophy & Thought
46
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 920

Ibn Rushd (Averroรซs)

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ูˆู„ูŠุฏ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุฑุดุฏ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
14 April 1126 โ€“ 10 December 1198 (72 years old)

Master philosopher and jurist of Islamic Spain whose profound commentaries on Aristotle and defense of rational inquiry (Fasl al-Maqal) catalyzed the European Renaissance.

Marrakech, Morocco
Abu Madyan
Religious Figures & Theologians
37
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Abu Madyan

ุดุนูŠุจ ุจู† ุงู„ุญุณูŠู† ุงู„ุฃู†ุตุงุฑูŠ (ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุจูˆู…ุฏูŠู†)
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
1126 โ€“ 1198 (72 years old)

Supreme master of Maghrebi Sufism venerated as 'Shaykh al-Shuyukh', who lived in Bรฉjaรฏa, fought alongside Saladin at the Siege of Jerusalem in 1187, and became the revered patron saint of Tlemcen.

El Eubbad (Tlemcen), Algeria
Politics
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Abu Said Uthman ibn Abd al-Mu'min

ุฃุจูˆ ุณุนูŠุฏ ุนุซู…ุงู† ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู…ุคู…ู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1135 โ€“ 1198 (~63 years old)

Son of Caliph Abd al-Mu'min and long-serving Almohad viceroy of Granada and Cordoba, celebrated for fostering Islamic philosophy, poetry, and monumental architecture.

Marrakech, Morocco
Religion
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Abu Yaqub Youssef Ben Ali al-Sanhaji

ุฃุจูˆ ูŠุนู‚ูˆุจ ูŠูˆุณู ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุตู†ู‡ุงุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1130 โ€“ 1196 (~66 years old)

Enduring symbol of spiritual patience and detachment, a Sufi mystic afflicted with leprosy who lived in a cave outside Marrakech's walls, honored as one of the Seven Saints of Marrakech.

Marrakech, Morocco
Religion
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Sidi Yusuf ibn Ali al-Sanhaji

ุณูŠุฏูŠ ูŠูˆุณู ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุตู†ู‡ุงุฌูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1130 โ€“ 1196 (~66 years old)

The first of the revered Seven Saints of Marrakech (Sebaatou Rijal), an ascetic afflicted with leprosy who achieved sublime spiritual ecstasy and patience in a cave outside Bab Aghmat.

Marrakech, Morocco
Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Sultan Saladin)
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
39
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,490

Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub (Sultan Saladin)

ุตู„ุงุญ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ูŠูˆุณู ุจู† ุฃูŠูˆุจ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
c. 1137 CE โ€“ 4 March 1193 CE (~56 years old)

First Sultan of Egypt and Syria and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders following the Battle of Hattin (1187) and won universal admiration in both the Muslim world and Christian Europe for his legendary chivalry, mercy, and justice.

Damascus, Syria
Prithviraj Chauhan
Military Leaders & Strategists
37
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Prithviraj Chauhan

เคชเฅƒเคฅเฅเคตเฅ€เคฐเคพเคœ เคšเฅŒเคนเคพเคจ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
c. 1166 CE โ€“ c. 1192 CE (26 years old)

Last Hindu king to rule Delhi and Ajmer before the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, celebrated in the epic poem Prithviraj Raso for defeating Muhammad of Ghor at the First Battle of Tarain.

Mehrauli (New Delhi), India
Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi
Philosophy & Thought
37
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 590

Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi

ุดู‡ุงุจ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ูŠุญูŠู‰ ุงู„ุณู‡ุฑูˆุฑุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
1154 CE โ€“ 29 July 1191 (~37 years old)

Founder of the School of Illumination (Hikmat al-Ishraq) who synthesized ancient Persian Zoroastrian wisdom, Pythagorean thought, and Platonism into a luminous ontology of radiant Light.

Aleppo, Syria
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