Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of world's earliest University
Fatima bint Muhammad Al-Fihriya Al-Qurashiya was an Arab Muslim woman who is credited with establishing the world's oldest continuously functioning institution, the University of al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco in 859 CE, however this is disputed. Al-Fihri was born in the modern Tunisian town of Kairouan in the year 800 AD. Her family was a part of a hu…
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Historian Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari
On this day, February 17, 923 CE, noted Islamic scholar, historian and commentator of the Qur'an, Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari died in the Abbasid capital city of Baghdad. Two of his most influential works are his Qur'anic commentary known as Tafsir al-Tabari and historical chronicle Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Muluk, a.k.a. Tarikh al-Tabari. …
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Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah passed away
On this day, 13 February 1021 CE, Abu Ali Manṣur, better known by his regnal name al-Ḥakim bi-Amr Allah died Mokattam , Fatimid Egypt . He was the 16th Ismaili imam and the sixth caliph of the Fatimids (996–1021). Al-Hakim is a prominent figure among a variety of Shia Ismaili sects, including the 15 million Nizaris and 1–2 million Musta'lis throughout…
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