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Medieval Scientists of the East
Abu Abdalloh Muhamad ibn Musa al Khorazmi
(about 783–847) Mathematician, astronomer, geographer and historian, creator of algebra
 
Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Iraq
(mid of XI century, Khorezm, Ghazna). Mathematician and astronomer
 
Abul-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kasir al Farghani
(about 798-865) Astronomer, mathematician, and engineer
 
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad Beruni
(973-1048, Kyat. Gazna) Encyclopaedist, astronomer, mathematician, geographer, physicist, geologist, pharmacologist, historian, linguist, founder of geodesy
 
Aby Mansur Qumri
(X century, Bukhara city) Prominent physician, teacher of Avicenna in medical science
 
Abu Sahl Masihi
(970-971, Gurgan – 1011) Astronomer, mathematician, physician, and linguist
 
Khorezmi Kasi
(XI century) Scientist-chemist
 
Muhammad b. Najib Bahran
(12-13 centuries) A well-known geographer in the government of Annushteginid Khorezm-Shahs
 
Shihab ad-din Abdallah b. Lutfallah b. Abd ar- Rashid al- Haravi
nicknamed as Hafiz-i Abru (died in 1430) A well-known historian and geographer of the epoch of the Temurids and Amir 
 
Nizamaddin Abdalvasi Shami
(died in 1411, Tabriz) A historian and biographer of Amir Temur 
 
Muinaddin Natanzi
(the second half of the 14th century and the first quarter of the 15th century) Historian
 
Ahmad Yungnaki
(XII-XIII) Philologist, Philosopher, Expert of the Islamic sciences
 
Alisher Navoi
(9.02.1441, Herat – 3.01.1501) Great poet and thinker, statesman, the founder of Uzbek literature
 
Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur
( 02.14.1483 , Andijan – 26/12/1530 , Agra ) Great poet and writer, public figure, scholar, lexicographer, linguist and literary critic
 
Yusuf Khas Hajib Balasaguni
(1016/18 – the endof the XI c.) Scholar and lexicographer, poet and philosopher
 
Mahmud ibn al-Xuseyn ibn Muhamed Kashghari
(1029-1101) Encyclopedic-Scientist, lexicographer, linguist, ethnographer, folklorist, geographer, historian, founder of Turkology
 
Giyasiddin Jamshid ibn Mas’ud Qashi
(year of birth is unknown, died in 1430) Mathematician and astronomer
 
Mahmud Chagmini
(XII-XIII) Astronomer, mathematician, geographer
 
Abu Ali Ibn Sina
(980, village Afshan-1037, Hamadan) Scholar and lexicographer, philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, astronomer, mathematician, chemist, musicologist, writer, lawyer, poet
 
Sharafaddin ali Yazdi
(died in 1454, Taft in Horasan) An all-round scholar, astronomer, philosopher, historian, the investigater of science problems
 
Fasih Havafi
(1375, Rui – 1442, Herat) Historian, poet, politician
 
Fahriddin Razi
(1148-1210) Philosopher, logician, linguist, medical specialist
 
Mahmud Zamahshari
(18.03.1075 Zamahshar,  14.04.1144, Gurganj)
 
Ala ad-Din Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qushchi
(1402, Samarqand – 1474, Istanbul) Astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
 
Yusuf ibn Yusuf at-tabib al-Khiravi
(The end of the XV c., Khaf – 1544, Delhi) Medical scientist, skilful physician, lexicographer, and poet.
 
Giyasaddin Nakkash
(second half of the 15th century, Yezd) An artist and historian of the Temurids’ epoch
 
Abd ar-Razzak Samarkandi
(1413-1482) A well-known historian of the epoch of the Temurids
 
Giyasiddin ibn Humamaddin al-Huseyn, nicknamed Khandamir
(1476, Herat – 1535, Mandu) Historian, writer, poet, politician
 
Mukhammadrizo mirab ibn Erniyazbek Agakhi
(1809 Kiyat – 1874, Khiva) Statesman, poet, historian, translator
 
Shirmuhammad mirab ibn Avazby Muniz
(1778 Kiyat-1829, Khorasan), statesman, poet, historian, translator
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