The media today is in the hands of the Westerners, the Europeans - It is in their hand, They have the Satellite, they have the Television, they have the CNN, they have the BBC- It... is in their hand. The media is in their hands - and whatever you read in your school books, and books which we read in college - you will read there that ‘from 8th to the 12th century it was the Dark Ages’. It was dark for the Europeans - not for the world. The Arabs and the Muslims were very much advanced from 8th to the 12th century -they were very much advanced. The Europeans were backward because… they said ‘dark for the world.’ It was not dark for the world - It was dark for the Europeans. With the limited instruments and technology what we had from 8th to 12th century- what discoveries the Muslim Scientists made - it is unbelievable. Today, because Science is Advanced we are making so many discoveries. There with the amount of limited facilities we had, the amount of discoveries Muslim Scientists made - it’s unbelievable. Even they have latinized the word many names for example ‘Geber'- when we read in our tent books 'Geber'’, we think it is an European, 'Jabir Ibn Haiyan ' actually. (Geber)
Muslim Scientists and Thinkers (700 - 1400 C.E.)
1) Name Years (C.E.)Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber)
Died 803 Chemistry (Father of Chemistry)
2) Musa al-Khawarizmi (Algorizm)
770 - 840 Mathematics, Astronomy, Geography (Algorithm, Algebra, Calculus)
3) Yaqub Ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (Alkindus)
800 - 873 Philosophy, Physics, Optics, Medicine, Mathematics, Metallurgy
4) Thabit Ibn Qurra (Thebit)
836 -901 Astronomy, Mechanics, Geometry, Anatomy
5) Ali Ibn Rabban al-Tabari
838 - 870 Medicine, Mathematics, Calligraphy, Literature
6) Al-Farghani (Al-Fraganus)
860-Astronomy, Civil Engineering
7) Zakariya al-Razi (Rhazes)
864 - 930 Medicine, Ophthalmology, Smallpox, Chemistry, Astronomy
8) Abu Abdullah al-Battani (Albategnius)
868 - 929 Astronomy, Mathematics, Trigonometry
9) Abu al-Nasr al-Farabi (Al-Pharabius)
870 - 950 Sociology, Logic, Philosophy, Political Science, Music
10) Abul Hasan Ali al-Masu'di
Died 957 Geography, History
11) Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi (Albucasis)
936 - 1013 Surgery, Medicine (Father of Modern Surgery)
12) Muhammad al-Buzjani
940 - 997 Mathematics, Astronomy, Geometry, Trigonometry
13) Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (Alhazen)
965 - 1040 Physics, Optics, Mathematics
14) Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (Alboacen)
972 - 1058 Political Science, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Ethics
15):Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (Alboacen)
972 - 1058 Political Science, Sociology, Jurisprudence, Ethics
16):Abu Raihan al-Biruni
973 - 1048 Astronomy, Mathematics (Determined Earth's Circumference)
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17):Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
980 - 1037 Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics, Astronomy
18):Omar al-Khayyam
1044 - 1123 Mathematics, Poetry
19):Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (Algazel)
1058 - 1128 Sociology, Theology, Philosophy
20):Al-Idrisi (Dreses)
1099 - 1166 Geography (World Map, First Globe)
21):Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
1128 - 1198 Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Astronomy, Theology
22):Ibn al-Baitar
Died 1248 Pharmacy, Botany
23):Jalal al-Din Rumi
1207 - 1273 Sociology
24):Ibn al-Nafis
1213 - 1288 Anatomy
25):Ibn Khaldun
1332 - 1395 Sociology, Philosophy of History, Political Science,
Acknowledgements: Information in the Description column taken from Dr. A. Zahoor
