Historical Archives & Public Figures

محمد بن الحاج اللمتوني

Morocco

c. 1055 – 1114 (~59 years old)

Almoravid governor of Valencia and Zaragoza who defended the northern frontiers of the empire along the Ebro river against King Alfonso I of Aragon.

Zaragoza (honored in Marrakech), Spain

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Sir ibn Abi Bakr

سير بن أبي بكر اللمتوني

Morocco

c. 1050 – 1114 (~64 years old)

Greatest field commander of Sultan Yusuf ibn Tashfin, whose military campaigns unified fractured Taifa kingdoms and captured Seville, Cordoba, and Badajoz in 1091.

Marrakech, Morocco

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Politics

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King Kyansittha

ကျန်စစ်သား

Historical Burma

c. 1030 – 1112-01-01 (82 years old)

Greatest builder-king of the Pagan Empire who unified Burman and Mon cultures in multi-ethnic harmony, preserved through famous Mon stone inscriptions and the architectural wonder of Ananda Temple.

Bagan, Myanmar

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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Hujjat al-Islam)

Religious Figures & Theologians

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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Hujjat al-Islam)

أبو حامد محمد بن محمد الغزالي

Iran

c. 1058 CE (450 AH) – 19 December 1111 CE (505 AH) (53 years old)

Pivotal Islamic thinker celebrated as "Proof of Islam" (Hujjat al-Islam). Revitalized religious sciences by synthesizing orthodox jurisprudence, theology, and Sufi mysticism in his masterpiece Ihya Ulum al-Din.

Tous, Iran

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Bohemond I of Antioch

Bohemond de Hauteville

Italy

1 – 1111 (57 years old)

Norman prince and supreme military strategist of the First Crusade who captured Antioch through bribery and routed Kerbogha's relief army to found the Principality of Antioch.

Canosa di Puglia, Italy

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Anselm of Canterbury (Doctor Magnificus)

Religious Figures & Theologians

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Anselm of Canterbury (Doctor Magnificus)

Anselmus Cantuariensis

Italy

c. 1033 CE – 21 April 1109 (~76 years old)

Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of scholasticism famous for formulating the Ontological Argument for God's existence and the motto "Faith seeking understanding" (Fides quaerens intellectum).

Canterbury, United Kingdom

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Kilij Arslan I

I. Kılıç Arslan

Sultanate of Rum

1079 – 1107 (28 years old)

Second Sultan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum who was the first Muslim commander to face the First Crusade, wiped out the Peoples' Crusade in 1096, and established Konya as the capital of Anatolia.

Silvan (Diyarbakir), Turkey

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Philosophy & Thought

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Cheng Yi

程頤

China

1033 – 1107 (74 years old)

Northern Song dynasty philosopher who, alongside his brother Cheng Hao, established the School of Principle (Lixue) that formed the philosophical foundation of the Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucian orthodoxy.

Yichuan (Henan), China

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Yusuf ibn Tashfin

يوسف بن تاشفين

Morocco

c. 1009 – 1106 (~97 years old)

Ascetic Sanhaja Berber leader who co-founded Marrakech in 1062, built the colossal Almoravid Empire from Senegal to the Pyrenees, and saved Islamic Spain from the Reconquista at the Battle of Sagrajas (Zallaqa) in 1086.

Marrakech, Morocco

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi of Troyes)

רש״י (רבי שלמה יצחקי)

France

22 February 1040 CE – 13 July 1105 CE (65 years old)

Eleventh-century French rabbi revered as the "Father of Commentators." His concise, luminous commentaries on the Hebrew Bible and Babylonian Talmud remain essential to all traditional Jewish learning and preserved Old French vocabulary.

Troyes, France

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Badis ibn Mansur

باديس بن المنصور الحمادي

Algeria

c. 1085 – 1105 (~20 years old)

Hammadid Sultan whose brief reign in 1104–1105 defended Béjaïa's sovereignty against regional rivals, known for his administrative resolve and judicial integrity.

Béjaïa, Algeria

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

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Mansur ibn Nasir

المنصور بن الناصر الحمادي

Algeria

c. 1060 – 1104 (~44 years old)

Hammadid Sultan who transformed Béjaïa (En-Nasiriya) into an opulent maritime capital of commerce and science, constructing the famous Pearl Palace and Great Public Gardens.

Béjaïa, Algeria

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Literature & Poetry

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Su Shi

蘇軾 (Su Dongpo)

China

1037 – 1101 (64 years old)

Northern Song dynasty polymath (1037–1101), known as Su Dongpo, who excelled as a poet, calligrapher, painter, and statesman, revolutionizing Ci lyric poetry and leaving an immortal cultural legacy.

Jia County (Henan), China

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Literature & Poetry

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Su Shi (Su Dongpo)

蘇軾 (蘇東坡)

China

8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101 (64 years old)

Supreme cultural polymath of the Northern Song dynasty whose buoyant Buddhist-Taoist resilience, peerless ci poetry, and prose masterworks—like the Red Cliff Odes—rank him as one of China's greatest literary titans.

Changzhou (Jiangsu), China

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Sciences & Discovery

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Su Song

蘇頌

China

1020 CE – 1101 CE (81 years old)

Song Dynasty Prime Minister and engineer who designed the 40-foot water-driven astronomical clock tower of Kaifeng, featuring the world's earliest mechanical escapement and endless power-transmitting chain drive.

Xiamen (Fujian), China

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Military

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Godefroy de Bouillon

Godefroid de Bouillon

Historical Belgium

c. 1060 – 1100-07-18 (40 years old)

Medieval nobleman from the Ardennes and Duke of Lower Lorraine who led the First Crusade to capture Jerusalem in 1099, choosing the humble title 'Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre'.

Jerusalem, Palestine

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Military Leaders & Strategists

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Godfrey of Bouillon

Godefroy de Bouillon

Belgium

1 – 1100 (40 years old)

Leader of the First Crusade and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem who took the title 'Advocate of the Holy Sepulchre' and won the Battle of Ascalon.

Jerusalem, Palestine

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