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Al-Kamil
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Al-Kamil

ุงู„ูƒุงู…ู„ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ุนุงุฏู„
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
1177 CE โ€“ March 6, 1238 CE (61 years old)

Astute Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt and nephew of Saladin who successfully defeated the Fifth Crusade at Damietta, negotiated the historic 1229 Treaty of Jaffa with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, and hosted Saint Francis of Assisi in dialogue.

Damascus, Syria
Politics
5
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Abu al-Ula Idris al-Ma'mun

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุนู„ุงุก ุฅุฏุฑูŠุณ ุงู„ู…ุฃู…ูˆู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1186 โ€“ 1232 (~46 years old)

Almohad Caliph (1227โ€“1232) who famously renounced Ibn Tumart's dogma of infallibility, restored traditional Sunni Maliki orthodox doctrine in Marrakech, and commissioned the first Christian church in the capital.

Marrakech, Morocco
Religious Figures & Theologians
5
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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn al-Qattan

ุฃุจูˆ ุงู„ุญุณู† ุนู„ูŠ ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุงู„ู‚ุทุงู† ุงู„ูุงุณูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
1166 โ€“ 1231 (65 years old)

Towering hadith critic and jurist of Fez and Sijilmasa, author of 'Bayan al-Wahm wa-l-Iham', acclaimed across the Islamic world as one of the greatest critical minds in hadith sciences.

Rissani (Tafilalt), Morocco
Sidi Bou Said
Religious Figures & Theologians
51
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Sidi Bou Said

ุณูŠุฏูŠ ุจูˆ ุณุนูŠุฏ (ุฃุจูˆ ุณุนูŠุฏ ุงู„ุจุงุฌูŠ)
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1156 โ€“ 1231 (75 years old)

Revered 13th-century Sufi master and spiritual lookout who established his hermitage atop the cliffs of Djebel Menara, giving his name to the world-famous blue-and-white clifftop village.

Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia
Science
3
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Abu Imran Musa ibn Hammad al-Sanhaji

ู…ูˆุณู‰ ุจู† ุญู…ุงุฏ ุงู„ุตู†ู‡ุงุฌูŠ ุงู„ุทุจูŠุจ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1160 โ€“ 1228 (~68 years old)

Esteemed Moroccan physician and pharmacologist who managed the imperial hospital (Bimaristan) of Marrakech founded by Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur.

Marrakech, Morocco
Genghis Khan (Temรผjin Borjigin)
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
31
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Genghis Khan (Temรผjin Borjigin)

ะงะธะฝะณะธั ั…ะฐะฐะฝ (Universal Ruler)
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia
c. 1162 CE โ€“ 18 August 1227 (~65 years old)

Visionary military strategist and founder of the Mongol Empireโ€”the largest contiguous land empire in world history. United the nomadic steppe tribes, instituted absolute religious freedom, created the postal relay network (Yam), and codified the Yassa law.

Yinchuan (Western Xia), China
Ahmad al-Buni
Philosophy & Thought
10
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Ahmad al-Buni

ุฃุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ุนู„ูŠ ุงู„ุจูˆู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1150 โ€“ 1225 (~75 years old)

Renowned 13th-century North African mathematician and esoteric philosopher whose treatises on magic squares, numerical combinatorics, and celestial talismans achieved legendary fame.

Cairo, Egypt
Monarchy
3
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Philip II Augustus

Philippe II Auguste
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1165 โ€“ 1223 (57 years old)

Transformative King of France who broke the Angevin Empire, won the epochal Battle of Bouvines (1214), transformed Paris with paved streets, the Louvre fortress, and city walls, and first took the title 'King of France'.

Saint-Denis, France
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