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Abu Zakariya Yahya ibn Sallam al-Basri

ูŠุญูŠู‰ ุจู† ุณู„ุงู… ุงู„ุจุตุฑูŠ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุฑูˆุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
742 AD โ€“ 815 AD (73 years old)

Pioneering early Islamic Quranic commentator who settled in Kairouan, author of Tafsir Yahya ibn Sallam, one of the earliest complete Quranic commentaries in Islamic history, preserved in the Great Mosque of Kairouan.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Harun al-Rashid (Fifth Abbasid Caliph)
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Harun al-Rashid (Fifth Abbasid Caliph)

ู‡ุงุฑูˆู† ุงู„ุฑุดูŠุฏ (The Just / Aaron the Upright)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
17 March 766 CE โ€“ 24 March 809 CE (43 years old)

Fifth Abbasid Caliph whose reign marked the zenith of the Islamic Golden Age. Established the legendary House of Wisdom (Bayt al-Hikma) in Baghdad, exchanged diplomatic gifts with Charlemagne, and inspired the tales of the Thousand and One Nights.

Tous (Khorasan), Iran
Emperor Kammu
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Emperor Kammu

ๆก“ๆญฆๅคฉ็š‡
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
0737 โ€“ 0806 (69 years old)

Fiftieth Emperor of Japan (781โ€“806 CE) who broke the political stranglehold of the Buddhist temples of Nara by relocating the imperial capital to Heian-kyo (Kyoto) in 794, inaugurating the glorious four-century Heian period of classical Japanese culture.

Kyoto (Fushimi), Japan
Military
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Imran ibn Mujalid al-Kindi

ุนู…ุฑุงู† ุจู† ู…ุฌุงู„ุฏ ุงู„ูƒู†ุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
c. 760 AD โ€“ c. 805 AD (~45 years old)

Powerful Arab commander of the military garrison (Jund) of Tunis who rebelled against Abbasid central control, asserting regional autonomy for northern Tunisia in the late 8th century.

Tunis, Tunisia
Rashid the Regent
Statesmanship & Statesmen
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Rashid the Regent

ุฑุงุดุฏ ู…ูˆู„ู‰ ุฅุฏุฑูŠุณ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
c. 755 โ€“ 802 (~47 years old)

Faithful companion of Idris I who helped him escape Baghdad, raised and educated infant Idris II with Kenza, and served as Regent of Morocco until his assassination in 802 AD.

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, Morocco
Rabia al-Adawiyya (The Crown of Men)
Religious Figures & Theologians
39
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 990

Rabia al-Adawiyya (The Crown of Men)

ุฑุงุจุนุฉ ุงู„ุนุฏูˆูŠุฉ ุงู„ู‚ูŠุณูŠุฉ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq
c. 716 CE (96 AH) โ€“ c. 801 CE (185 AH) (85 years old)

Eighth-century mystic of Basra who revolutionized Sufi spirituality by introducing the concept of pure, unselfish Divine Love (Mahabba / Ishq)โ€”worshiping God neither out of fear of Hell nor desire for Paradise, but purely for His beauty.

Jerusalem, Palestine
Literature & Poetry
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Sibawayh

ุณูŠุจูˆูŠู‡ / ุนู…ุฑูˆ ุจู† ุนุซู…ุงู†
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
c. 760 โ€“ c. 796 (36 years old)

Persian scholar from Shiraz universally revered as the 'father of Arabic grammar', author of 'Al-Kitab', the first systematic Arabic grammatical treatise.

Shiraz, Iran
Malik ibn Anas (Imam Dar al-Hijrah)
Religious Figures & Theologians
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Malik ibn Anas (Imam Dar al-Hijrah)

ู…ุงู„ูƒ ุจู† ุฃู†ุณ ุจู† ู…ุงู„ูƒ
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
c. 711 CE (93 AH) โ€“ 7 June 795 CE (179 AH) (84 years old)

Venerated as the "Imam of the Abode of Emigration" (Medina). Compiled the Muwattaโ€”humanity's earliest extant Islamic legal and Hadith corpusโ€”and founded the Maliki school based on the living communal practice (Amal) of Medina.

Medina, Saudi Arabia
Idris I of Morocco
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Idris I of Morocco

ุฅุฏุฑูŠุณ ุจู† ุนุจุฏ ุงู„ู„ู‡ (ู…ูˆู„ุงูŠ ุฅุฏุฑูŠุณ)
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
c. 745 CE โ€“ 0791 (46 years old)

Great-grandson of Prophet Muhammad through Ali and Fatima, who fled Abbasid persecution, was welcomed by the Awraba Berbers at Volubilis, and founded the Idrisid Dynasty, establishing the first sovereign Moroccan Islamic state.

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun, Morocco
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