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Abbas Wasim Efendi [html] [pdf]
Abd al-Wajid: Badr al-Din Abd al-Wajid [Wahid] ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Abhari: Athir al-Din al-Mufaddal ibn Umar ibn al-Mufaddal al-Samarqandi al-Abhari [html] [pdf]
Abi al-Fath al-Sufi [html] [pdf]
Abi al-Shukr [html] [pdf]
Abu al-Salt: Umayya ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Abi Salt al-Dani al-Andalusi [html] [pdf]
Abu al-Uqul: Abu al-Uqul Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Tabari [html] [pdf]
Abu Mashar Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Balkhi [html] [pdf]
Abubacer [html] [pdf]
Adami: Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Adami [html] [pdf]
Ahmad Mukhtar: Ghazi Ahmad Mukhtar Pasha [html] [pdf]
Albategnius [html] [pdf]
Albatenius [html] [pdf]
Albumasar [html] [pdf]
Albuzale [html] [pdf]
Alcabitius [html] [pdf]
Alfarabius [html] [pdf]
Alfonso X [html] [pdf]
Alfonso el Sabio [html] [pdf]
Alfonso the Learned [html] [pdf]
Alfonso the Wise [html] [pdf]
Alhazen [html] [pdf]
Ali al-Muwaqqit: Muslih al-Din Mustafa ibn Ali al-Qustantini al-Rumi al-Hanafi al-Muwaqqit [html] [pdf]
Ali ibn Isa al-Asturlabi [html] [pdf]
Ali ibn Khalaf: Abu al-Hasan ibn Ahmar al-Saydalani [html] [pdf]
Ali ibn Khalaf ibn Ahmar Akhir [Akhiyar] [html] [pdf]
Alpetragius [html] [pdf]
Amajur Family [html] [pdf]
Amili: Baha' al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili [html] [pdf]
Aryabhata I [html] [pdf]
Aryabhata II [html] [pdf]
Aryabhata the Elder [html] [pdf]
Aryabhata the Younger [html] [pdf]
Ashraf: al-Malik al-Ashraf (Mumahhid al-Din) Umar ibn Yusuf ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Rasul [html] [pdf]
Avempace [html] [pdf]
Averroes [html] [pdf]
Avicenna [html] [pdf]
Azarquiel [html] [pdf]

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Baha' al-Din Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Amili [html] [pdf]
Banu Musa [html] [pdf]
Bar Hiyya: Abraham Bar Hiyya Savasorda [html] [pdf]
Barhebraeus: Gregory Abu al-Faraj [html] [pdf]
Bastulus [html] [pdf]
Battani: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan Al-Battani al-Harrani al-Sabi' [html] [pdf]
Ben Solomon: Judah ben Solomon ha-Kohen [html] [pdf]
Birjandi: Abd al-Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Birjandi [html] [pdf]
Biruni: Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni [html] [pdf]
Bitruji: Nur al-Din Abu Ishaq [Abu Jafar] Ibrahim ibn Yusuf al-Bitruji [html] [pdf]
Buzjani: Abu al-Wafa' Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Buzjani [html] [pdf]

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Chioniades, Gregor [George] [html] [pdf]
Cholgi: Mahmud Shah Cholgi [html] [pdf]
Costa ben Luca [html] [pdf]

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Darandawi: Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Uthman al-Darandawi al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Dinakara [html] [pdf]
Don Profeit Tibbon [html] [pdf]
Dunash ibn Tamim [html] [pdf]

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Farabi: Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi [html] [pdf]
Farghani: Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani [html] [pdf]
Farisi: Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Farisi [html] [pdf]
Fazari: Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Fazari [html] [pdf]

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Gersonides: Levi ben Gerson [html] [pdf]
Gökmen, Mehmed Fatin [html] [pdf]
Grigoriyos Bar Ebraya [html] [pdf]
Grigoriyos Bar Ebroyo [html] [pdf]

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Habash al-Hasib: Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Abd Allah al-Marwazi [html] [pdf]
Hajjaj ibn Yusuf ibn Matar [html] [pdf]
Harun al-Rashid [html] [pdf]
Hashimi: Ali ibn Sulayman al-Hashimi [html] [pdf]
Husayn, Hasan and Muhammad [html] [pdf]

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Ibn Abi al-Fath al-Sufi: Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath al-Sufi [html] [pdf]
Ibn Abi al-Shukr: Muhyi al-Milla wa-'l-Din Yahya Abu Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Abi al-Shukr al-Maghribi al-Andalusi [al-Qurtubi] [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Adami: Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Hamid [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Alam: Ali ibn al-Husayn Abu al-Qasim al-Alawi al-Sharif al-Husayni [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Banna': Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Uthman al-Azdi al-Marrakushi [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Ha'im: Abu Muhammad Abd al-Haqq al-Ghafiqi al-Ishbili [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Haytham: Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Kammad: Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Kammad [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Majdi: Shihab al-Din Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Rajab ibn Taybugha al-Majdi al-Shafii [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Raqqam: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Yusuf al-Mursi al-Andalusi al-Tunisi al-Awsi ibn al-Raqqam [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Saffar: Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Abd Allah ibn Umar al-Ghafiqi ibn al-Saffar al-Andalusi [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Salah: Najm al-Din Abu al-Futuh Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sari ibn al-Salah [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Samh: Abu al-Qasim Asbagh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Samh al-Gharnati [html] [pdf]
Ibn al-Shatir: Ala' al-Din Ali ibn Ibrahim [html] [pdf]
Ibn Bajja: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sa'igh al-Tujibi al-Andalusi al-Saraqusti [html] [pdf]
Ibn Baso: Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abi Jafar Ahmad ibn Yusuf ibn Baso [html] [pdf]
Ibn Ezra: Abraham ibn Ezra [html] [pdf]
Ibn Iraq: Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Ali ibn Iraq [html] [pdf]
Ibn Ishaq: Abu al-Abbas ibn Ishaq al-Tamimi al-Tunisi [html] [pdf]
Ibn Labban, Kushyar: Kiya Abu al-Hasan Kushyar ibn Labban Bashahri al-Jili (Gilani) [html] [pdf]
Ibn Muadh: Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muadh al-Jayyani [html] [pdf]
Ibn Rushd: Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Rushd al-Hafid [html] [pdf]
Ibn Sahl: Abu Sad al-Ala' ibn Sahl [html] [pdf]
Ibn Sid: Isaac ibn Sid [html] [pdf]
Ibn Sina: Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Abdallah ibn Sina [html] [pdf]
Ibn Tufayl: Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tufayl al-Qaysi [html] [pdf]
Ibn Yunus: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Sadafi [html] [pdf]
Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra [html] [pdf]
Ikhwan al-Safa' [html] [pdf]
Isfizari: Abu Hatim al-Muzaffar ibn Ismail al-Isfizari [html] [pdf]
Ishaq ibn Hunayn: Abu Yaqub Ishaq ibn Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi [html] [pdf]

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Jabir ibn Aflah: Abu Muhammad Jabir ibn Aflah [html] [pdf]
Jacob ben Makhir ibn Tibbon [html] [pdf]
Jagannatha Samrat [html] [pdf]
Jaghmini: Sharaf al-Din Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi [html] [pdf]
Jamal al-Din [html] [pdf]
Jawhari: al-Abbas ibn Said al-Jawhari [html] [pdf]
Jurjani: Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Husayni al-Jurjani (al-Sayyid al-Sharif) [html] [pdf]
Juzjani: Abu Ubayd Abd al-Wahid ibn Muhammad al-Juzjani [html] [pdf]

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Kamal al-Din al-Turkmani: Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Ibrahim ibn Mustafa al-Maridini al-Turkmani al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Kamalakara [html] [pdf]
Kashi: Ghiyath (al-Milla wa-) al-Din Jamshid ibn Masud ibn Mahmud al-Kashi [al-Kashani] [html] [pdf]
Kesava [html] [pdf]
Khafri: Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Khafri al-Kashi [html] [pdf]
Khalifazade Ismail: Khalifazade Cinari Ismail Efendi ibn Mustafa [html] [pdf]
Khalili: Shams al-Din Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Khalili [html] [pdf]
Khalji: Mahmud Shah Khalji [html] [pdf]
Kharaqi: Shams al-Din Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kharaqi [al-Khiraqi] [html] [pdf]
al-Khatib al-Umawi al-Qurtubi [html] [pdf]
Khayyam: Ghiyath al-Din Abu al-Fath Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Khayyami al-Nishapuri [html] [pdf]
Khazin: Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn al-Husayn al-Khazin al-Khurasani [html] [pdf]
Khazini: Abu al-Fath Abd al-Rahman al-Khazini (Abu Mansur Abd al-Rahman, Abd al-Rahman Mansur) [html] [pdf]
Khujandi: Abu Mahmud Hamid ibn al-Khidr al-Khujandi [html] [pdf]
Khwarizmi: Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi [html] [pdf]
Kindi: Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi [html] [pdf]
Kuhi: Abu Sahl Wijan ibn Rustam [Wustam] al-Kuhi [al-Quhi] [html] [pdf]
Kushyar ibn Labban: Kiya Abu al-Hasan Kushyar ibn Labban Bashahri al-Jili (Gilani) [html] [pdf]

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Lari: Muslih al-Din Muhammad ibn Salah ibn Jalal al-Sadi al-Ibadi al-Ansari al-Lari [html] [pdf]

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Maimonides: Abu Imran Musa [Moses] ibn Ubayd Allah [Maymun] al-Qurtubi [html] [pdf]
Majriti: Abu al-Qasim Maslama ibn Ahmad al-Hasib al-Faradi al-Majriti [html] [pdf]
Manjula [html] [pdf]
Marrakushi: Sharaf al-Din Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Umar al-Marrakushi [html] [pdf]
Marwarrudhi: Khalid ibn Abd al-Malik al-Marwarrudhi [html] [pdf]
Masha'allah ibn Athari (Sariya) [html] [pdf]
Ma'mun: Abu al-Abbas Abdallah ibn Harun al-Rashid [html] [pdf]
Mathuranatha Sarman [html] [pdf]
Messahala [html] [pdf]
Metochites [Metoxites], Theodore [Theodoros, Theoleptos] [html] [pdf]
Miram Celebi: Mahmud ibn Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Musa Qadizade [html] [pdf]
Mizzi: Zayn al-Din [Shams al-Din] Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahim al-Mizzi al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Munjala [html] [pdf]

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Najm al-Din al-Misri: Najm al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Misri [html] [pdf]
Nasawi: Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Ahmad al-Nasawi [html] [pdf]
Nastulus: Muhammad ibn Abd Allah [html] [pdf]
Nayrizi: Abu al-Abbas al-Fadl ibn Hatim al-Nayrizi [html] [pdf]
Nisaburi: al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn Nizam al-Din al-Araj al-Nisaburi [html] [pdf]

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O

Omar Khayyam [html] [pdf]

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P

Paramesvara of Vatesseri [Paramesvara I] [html] [pdf]
Profatius [html] [pdf]

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Q

Qabisi: Abu Saqr Abd al-Aziz ibn Uthman ibn Ali al-Qabisi [html] [pdf]
Qadizade al-Rumi: Salah al-Din Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud al-Rumi [html] [pdf]
Qattan al-Marwazi: Ain al-Zaman Abu Ali Hasan ibn Ali Qattan al-Marwazi [html] [pdf]
Qasim ibn Mutarrif al-Qattan: Abu Muhammad Qasim ibn Mutarrif ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Qattan al-Tulaytuli al-Qurtubi al-Andalusi [html] [pdf]
Qunawi: Muhammad ibn al-Katib Sinan al-Qunawi [html] [pdf]
Qushji: Abu al-Qasim Ala' al-Din Ali ibn Muhammad Qushci-zade [html] [pdf]
Qusta ibn Luqa al-Balabakki [html] [pdf]

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Raghavananda Sarman [html] [pdf]
Ridwan al-Falaki: Ridwan Efendi ibn Abdallah al-Razzaz al-Falaki [html] [pdf]
Rudani: Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Sulayman (Muhammad) al-Fasi ibn Tahir al-Rudani al-Susi al-Maliki [al-Maghribi] [html] [pdf]

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Sadr al-Sharia al-Thani: Ubaydallah ibn al-Masud al-Mahbubi al-Bukhari al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Saghani: Abu Hamid Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Saghani al-Asturlabi [html] [pdf]
Said al-Andalusi: Abu al-Qasim Said ibn abi al-Walid Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Said al-Taghlibi al-Qurtubi [html] [pdf]
Salih Zeki [html] [pdf]
Samarqandi: Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Ashraf al-Husayni al-Samarqandi [html] [pdf]
Samaw'al: Abu Nasr Samaw'al ibn Yahya ibn Abbas al-Maghribi al-Andalusi [html] [pdf]
Sanad ibn Ali: Abu al-Tayyib Sanad ibn Ali al-Yahudi [html] [pdf]
Severus Sebokht [Sebokt, Sebukht, Seboht] [html] [pdf]
Shams al-Din al-Bukhari [html] [pdf]
Sharaf al-Din al-Tusi [html] [pdf]
Shirazi: Qutb al-Din Mahmud ibn Masud Muslih al-Shirazi [html] [pdf]
Shirwani: Fathallah ibn Abu Yazid ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Ibrahim al-Shabarani al-Shirwani al-Shamahi [html] [pdf]
Sibt al-Maridini: Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad Abu Abd Allah Badr [Shams] al-Din al-Misri al-Dimashqi [html] [pdf]
Sijzi: Abu Said Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Jalil al-Sijzi [html] [pdf]
Sufi: Abu al-Husayn Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar al-Sufi [html] [pdf]
Sulayman ibn Isma: Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Isma al-Samarqandi [html] [pdf]
Suyuti: Abu al-Fadl Abd al-Rahman Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti [html] [pdf]

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Tabari: Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ayyub al-Hasib al-Tabari [html] [pdf]
Taqi al-Din Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zayn al-Din Maruf al-Dimashqi al-Hanafi [html] [pdf]
Tezkireci Köse Ibrahim [html] [pdf]
Thabit ibn Qurra [html] [pdf]
Tusi: Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi [html] [pdf]

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Ubaydi: Jalal al-Din Fadl Allah al-Ubaydi [html] [pdf]
Ulugh Beg: Muhammad Taraghay ibn Shahrukh ibn Timur [html] [pdf]
Umawi: Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Khalaf al-Umawi [html] [pdf]
Urdi: Mu'ayyad (al-Milla wa-) al-Din (Mu'ayyad ibn Barik [Burayk]) al-Urdi (al-Amiri al-Dimashqi) [html] [pdf]
Utarid: Utarid ibn Muhammad al-Hasib [html] [pdf]

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Wabkanawi: Shams al-Munajjim [Shams al-Din] Muhammad ibn Ali Khwaja al-Wabkanawi [Wabkanawi] [html] [pdf]

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Yahya ibn Abi Mansur: Abu Ali Yahya ibn Abi Mansur al-Munajjim [html] [pdf]
Yaqub ibn Tariq [html] [pdf]
Yativrsabha [html] [pdf]
Yavanesvara [html] [pdf]

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Zacut: Abraham ben Samuel Zacut [html] [pdf]
Zarqali: Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Tujibi al-Zarqali [html] [pdf]
Zhamaluding: Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Tahir ibn Muhammad al-Zaydi al-Bukhari [html] [pdf]

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