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Nur ad-Din Zengi
Military Leaders & Strategists
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Nur ad-Din Zengi

ุงู„ู…ู„ูƒ ุงู„ุนุงุฏู„ ู†ูˆุฑ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ู…ุญู…ูˆุฏ ุฒู†ูƒูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
1118 โ€“ 1174 (56 years old)

Zengid ruler of Syria celebrated as 'The Just King' (al-Malik al-Adil) who united Damascus and Aleppo, defeated the Second Crusade, and commissioned the famous minbar built for the liberation of Jerusalem.

Damascus, Syria
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
Religion
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Euphrosyne of Polotsk

ะ•ัžั„ั€ะฐัั–ะฝะฝั ะŸะพะปะฐั†ะบะฐั
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Historical Belarus
c. 1104 โ€“ 1173-05-23 (69 years old)

Twelfth-century Princess of Polotsk and patron saint of Belarus who founded monasteries, schools, and scriptoriums, commissioning the legendary enameled jewel-encrusted Cross of Saint Euphrosyne.

Polotsk, Belarus
Shirkuh
Military Leaders & Strategists
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Shirkuh

ุฃุณุฏ ุงู„ุฏูŠู† ุดูŠุฑูƒูˆู‡ ุจู† ุดุงุฐูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Seljuk Empire
c. 1110 CE โ€“ 1169 (59 years old)

Kurdish general in the service of Nur ad-Din Zengi known as 'Lion of the Mountains', who led three military expeditions to conquer Egypt, paving the way for the Ayyubid Dynasty.

Cairo, Egypt
Basava
Philosophy & Thought
43
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Basava

เฒฌเฒธเฒตเฒฃเณเฒฃ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
c. 1105 โ€“ c. 1167 (62 years old)

12th-century Kannada philosopher, statesman, and social reformer who rejected caste and gender discrimination, established the Anubhava Mantapa spiritual parliament, and pioneered the democratic 'Vachana' poetic philosophy.

Kudalasangama (Karnataka), India
Religion
8
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Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฑ ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
23 March 1077 โ€“ 21 February 1166 (88 years old)

Revered 12th-century Baghdad spiritual teacher and preacher whose disciples established the global Qadiriyya Sufi order.

Baghdad, Iraq
Abdul Qadir Gilani (Ghawth al-Azam)
Religious Figures & Theologians
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Abdul Qadir Gilani (Ghawth al-Azam)

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู‚ุงุฏุฑ ุงู„ุฌูŠู„ุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
23 March 1077 CE โ€“ 21 February 1166 CE (88 years old)

Celebrated across the Islamic world as "Ghawth al-Azam" (The Greatest Succor). Hanbali jurist and master preacher whose spiritual assembly in Baghdad founded the Qadiriyyaโ€”the earliest worldwide Sufi fraternal order.

Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Idrisi
Sciences & Discovery
35
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Al-Idrisi

ุงู„ุดุฑูŠู ุงู„ุฅุฏุฑูŠุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ spain
1100 โ€“ 1165 (65 years old)

North African Arab geographer, cartographer, and Egyptologist of noble Idrisi lineage who created the 'Tabula Rogeriana' in 1154 for King Roger II of Sicily, the most advanced world map and geographic encyclopedia of the medieval era.

Ceuta, Spain
Abd al-Mu'min
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
45
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Abd al-Mu'min

ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู…ุคู…ู† ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ูƒูˆู…ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1094 โ€“ 1163 (69 years old)

Zenata Berber military genius from Nedroma, Algeria, who succeeded Ibn Tumart, overthrew the Almoravid dynasty, and founded the Almohad Caliphate, uniting the entire Maghreb from Morocco to Tripoli for the first time in history.

Tinmel (High Atlas), Morocco
Yahya ibn al-Aziz
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
12
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Yahya ibn al-Aziz

ูŠุญูŠู‰ ุจู† ุงู„ุนุฒูŠุฒ ุงู„ุญู…ุงุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1095 โ€“ 1163 (~68 years old)

The ninth and final Sultan of the Hammadid dynasty, who governed Bejaรฏa at the peak of its maritime wealth and intellectual patronage before the Almohad unification.

Bejaรฏa, Algeria
Ibn Zuhr
Sciences & Discovery
23
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Ibn Zuhr

ุงุจู† ุฒู‡ุฑ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1094 โ€“ 1162 (68 years old)

Pioneering physician known to the Western world as Avenzoar, who served the Almohad dynasty in Marrakesh, introduced animal testing and human tracheotomy, and authored the foundational Kitab al-Taysir.

Marrakesh, Morocco
Politics
8
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Ibn al-Qalanisi

ุงุจู† ุงู„ู‚ู„ุงู†ุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria
c. 1070 โ€“ 27 March 1160 (90 years old)

Distinguished Mayor of Damascus whose 'Dhail Tarikh Dimashq' provided the primary contemporary Muslim eyewitness account of the First and Second Crusades.

Damascus, Syria
Rebellion
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Princess Yennenga

Yennenga
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Historical West Africa
c. 1100 โ€“ c. 1160 (60 years old)

Legendary 12th-century equestrian warrior princess of Gambaga regarded as the maternal ancestor of the Mossi people; the Golden Stallion of Yennenga is the supreme trophy of FESPACO.

Tenkodogo, Burkina Faso
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