Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Sibawayh

سيبويه / عمرو بن عثمان

Iran

c. 760 – 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

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Malik ibn Anas

مالك بن أنس

Saudi Arabia

c. 711 – 0795 (84 years old)

Revered as the 'Imam of Medina' (Imam Dar al-Hijrah), author of the 'Muwatta' (the earliest surviving book of Islamic law) and founder of the Maliki school.

Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Malik ibn Anas (Imam Dar al-Hijrah)

مالك بن أنس بن مالك

Saudi Arabia

c. 711 CE (93 AH) – 7 June 795 CE (179 AH) (84 years old)

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

Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

Al-Leith ibn Sa'd

الليث بن سعد الفهمي

Egypt

713 – 0791 (78 years old)

Supreme 8th-century Islamic jurist and hadith master of Egypt, praised by Imam al-Shafi'i as a greater legal mind than Malik ibn Anas, famed for his vast wealth spent entirely on public philanthropy.

Cairo, Egypt

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Idris I of Morocco

إدريس بن عبد الله (مولاي إدريس)

Saudi Arabia

c. 745 CE – 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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Statesmanship & Statesmen

Al-Layth ibn Sa'd

الليث بن سعد

Egypt

713 CE – 0791 (78 years old)

Supreme 8th-century Islamic jurist and hadith master of Egypt whose legal erudition was praised by Imam al-Shafi'i as surpassing that of Imam Malik, renowned for his staggering personal philanthropy.

Cairo (Al-Qarafa), Egypt

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Yazid ibn Hatim al-Muhallabi

يزيد بن حاتم المهلبي

Iraq

c. 720 AD – March 787 AD (~67 years old)

Abbasid governor who governed Ifriqiya for fifteen years (772–787 AD) with unmatched generosity and peace, completely rebuilding the Great Mosque of Kairouan and organizing the souks.

Kairouan, Tunisia

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Military Leaders & Strategists

Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi

الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي

Oman

718 – 786 (68 years old)

Pioneering Omani-Iraqi polymath who compiled 'Kitab al-Ayn', the first Arabic dictionary, and single-handedly discovered and codified the sixteen meters of Arabic poetry.

Basra, Iraq

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Guo Ziyi (Prince of Fenyang)

郭子儀

China

0697 – 0781 (84 years old)

Legendary Tang dynasty general and Prince of Fenyang who quelled the catastrophic An Lushan Rebellion, recaptured both capitals, and preserved the Tang Empire.

Qianxian (Xianyang), China

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Politics

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

Abu Jafar al-Mansur

أبو جعفر المنصور

Jordan

714 – 7 October 0775 (61 years old)

Second Abbasid Caliph and true founder of the empire, visionary planner who founded the legendary Round City of Baghdad in 762.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Al-Mansur (Abu Ja'far al-Mansur)

أبو جعفر المنصور (عبد الله بن محمد)

Jordan

c. 0714 CE – 0775 (~61 years old)

Second Abbasid Caliph and true founder of the Abbasid Caliphate who designed and founded the legendary Round City of Baghdad in 762 CE.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

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Du Fu

杜甫 (Du Shaoling / Shisheng)

China

0712 – 0770 (58 years old)

Tang dynasty literary titan (712–770), honored as the 'Poet-Historian' and 'Poet-Sage' (Shisheng), whose profound verse chronicled the devastating An Lushan Rebellion and gave voice to ordinary human suffering.

Chengdu (Sichuan), China

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Nu'man ibn Thabit (Al-Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa)

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Nu'man ibn Thabit (Al-Imam al-A'zam Abu Hanifa)

أبو حنيفة النعمان بن ثابت

Iraq

c. 699 CE (80 AH) – 18 June 767 CE (150 AH) (68 years old)

The "Great Imam" whose juridical methodology created the Hanafi school—the most widely followed legal school in Islamic history. Championed juristic preference (Istihsan), human equity, and commercial integrity in Kufa.

Baghdad, Iraq

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Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (The Truthful)

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Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (The Truthful)

جعفر بن محمد الصادق

Saudi Arabia

24 April 702 CE (83 AH) – 14 December 765 CE (148 AH) (63 years old)

Sixth Imam of the Ahl al-Bayt celebrated as "Al-Sadiq" (The Truthful). Formulated Ja'fari jurisprudence and presided over an unprecedented academic circle in Medina that educated foremost jurists and pioneers of chemistry.

Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Shantideva

शान्तिदेव

India

c. 685 CE – c. 763 CE (78 years old)

Nalanda monk and Bodhisattva whose 'Bodhicaryavatara' (The Way of the Bodhisattva) is the supreme poetic masterpiece on generating Bodhicitta and exchanging self for others.

Nalanda, India

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Monarchs, Kings & Royalty

Li Bai

李白 (Li Po / Shixian)

China

0701 – 0762 (61 years old)

Tang dynasty genius poet (701–762), revered as the 'Poet Immortal' (Shixian), whose romantic lyricism, effortless grace, and boundless imagination produced over a thousand immortal poems celebrated across the world.

Dangtu County (Anhui), China

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