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Louis VII the Younger

Louis VII le Jeune
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
1120 โ€“ 1180 (60 years old)

Capetian King of the Franks whose eventful reign included leading the Second Crusade, the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the laying of the foundation stone of Notre-Dame de Paris in 1163.

Saint-Denis, France
Military
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Umar al-Hantati

ุฃุจูˆ ุญูุต ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ู‡ู†ุชุงุชูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1100 โ€“ 1176 (~76 years old)

Foremost Berber tribal chieftain of the Hintata confederation in the High Atlas, closest lieutenant to Ibn Tumart and Abd al-Mu'min, and founding ancestor of the Hafsid Dynasty of Ifriqiya.

Tinmel, Morocco
Abu Ya'qub Yusuf al-Warglani
Sciences & Discovery
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Abu Ya'qub Yusuf al-Warglani

ุฃุจูˆ ูŠุนู‚ูˆุจ ูŠูˆุณู ุจู† ุฅุจุฑุงู‡ูŠู… ุงู„ูˆุงุฑุฌู„ุงู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1105 โ€“ 1175 (~70 years old)

Towering 12th-century philosopher, logician, and legal theorist from Ouargla, author of 'Al-Dalil wa-l-Burhan' which integrated Aristotelian logic with Islamic theology.

Ouargla, Algeria
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
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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