May 18, 2018 · Abd al-Rahman I (731-788) was emir of Islamic Spain from 756 to 788. Known as "the Immigrant," he established the rule of the Umayyad dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula . Born near Damascus, Syria, Abd al-Rahman I was the son of the Umayyad prince Muawiya ibn Hisham and a Berber concubine named Rah.

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi903-986 Arab astronomer who revised the catalogue of fixed stars established by Ptolemy and prepared an accurate map of the sky that became a standard work in the West for several centuries.

’Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di. 1569-circa 1655. Historian. Sources. West African Writer. ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sa’di wrote Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Western Sudan), the second important history of West Africa by a native of the region. Al-Sa’di was of Andalusian descent and a learned citizen of Timbuktu.

May 23, 2018 · Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun. Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) was an Arab historian, philosopher, and statesman whose treatise, the Muqaddima, in which he pioneered a general sociological theory of history, shows him as one of the most original thinkers of the Middle Ages. Ibn Khaldun was born on May 27, 1332, in ...

May 29, 2018 · Abd al-Rahman III (891-961) was the greatest of the Umayyad rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During his reign Islamic Spain became wealthy and prosperous. Abd al-Rahman III, called al-Nasir or the Defender (of the Faith), was born at Cordova on Jan. 7, 891, the son of Prince Muhammad and a Frankish slave.

˓ABD AL-RAHMAN KAWAKIBI (1849?–1902)An Arab nationalist and reformer, ˓Abd al-Rahman Kawakibi was born in Aleppo, Syria, where he was educated and worked as an official and journalist until being forced by Ottoman opposition to relocate to Cairo in 1898. He joined the circle of Arab intellectuals surrounding Muhammad ˓Abduh and Rashid Rida.

Abdel Rahman, Aisha (1913–1998)Egyptian literary critic and educator. Name variations: Aisha Abdel-Rahman, Aisha 'Abd al-Rahman; (pseudonyms) Bint El Shatei, Bint el-Shati or Bint-al-Shah.

Abd al-Rahman: For Muslim rulers thus named, use Abd ar-Rahman. Source for information on Abd al-Rahman: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.

Al-Khāzinī, Abu’l-Fath ‘Abd Al-Raḥmān [Sometimes Abū Manṣūr ’ Abd Al-Raḥmān or ’Abd Al-Rahmān Manṣūr](fl. Merv, an Iranian city in Khurāsān [now Mary, tgurkmen S.S.R.], ca 1115- ca. 1130)astronomy, mechanics, scientific instruments.

˓Abd al-Rahman b. Muhammad b. Muhammad b. Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Hasan, better known as Ibn Khaldun, was born in the North African region of Ifriqiyah (Tunis) in 1332. Well known and controversial in his time, his Muqaddima(Introduction), has become one of the best-known and important works on medieval historiography for modern scholars.