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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (Hujjat al-Islam)
Religious Figures & Theologians
33
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,380

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

ุฃุจูˆ ุญุงู…ุฏ ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุจู† ู…ุญู…ุฏ ุงู„ุบุฒุงู„ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
c. 1058 CE (450 AH) โ€“ 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
Yusuf ibn Tashfin
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
30
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

ูŠูˆุณู ุจู† ุชุงุดููŠู†
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
c. 1009 โ€“ 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
Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi of Troyes)
Religious Figures & Theologians
32
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,020

Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi of Troyes)

ืจืฉืดื™ (ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืœืžื” ื™ืฆื—ืงื™)
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
22 February 1040 CE โ€“ 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
Badis ibn Mansur
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
9
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Badis ibn Mansur

ุจุงุฏูŠุณ ุจู† ุงู„ู…ู†ุตูˆุฑ ุงู„ุญู…ุงุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1085 โ€“ 1105 (~20 years old)

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

Bรฉjaรฏa, Algeria
Mansur ibn Nasir
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
8
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Mansur ibn Nasir

ุงู„ู…ู†ุตูˆุฑ ุจู† ุงู„ู†ุงุตุฑ ุงู„ุญู…ุงุฏูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
c. 1060 โ€“ 1104 (~44 years old)

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

Bรฉjaรฏa, Algeria
Su Shi
Literature & Poetry
34
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 0

Su Shi

่˜‡่ปพ (Su Dongpo)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
1037 โ€“ 1101 (64 years old)

Northern Song dynasty polymath (1037โ€“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
Su Shi (Su Dongpo)
Literature & Poetry
42
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 955

Su Shi (Su Dongpo)

่˜‡่ปพ (่˜‡ๆฑๅก)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
8 January 1037 โ€“ 24 August 1101 (64 years old)

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

Changzhou (Jiangsu), China
Su Song
Sciences & Discovery
35
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 660

Su Song

่˜‡้ Œ
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
1020 CE โ€“ 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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