This is a list of

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

scientists and scholars from the

Muslim World The terms Muslim world and Islamic world commonly refer to the Islamic community, which is also known as the Ummah. This consists of all those who adhere to the religious beliefs and laws of Islam or to societies in which Islam is practiced. I ...

and Spain (

Al-Andalus Al-Andalus DIN 31635, translit. ; an, al-Andalus; ast, al-Ándalus; eu, al-Andalus; ber, ⴰⵏⴷⴰⵍⵓⵙ, label=Berber languages, Berber, translit=Andalus; ca, al-Àndalus; gl, al-Andalus; oc, Al Andalús; pt, al-Ândalus; es, ...

) who lived during

medieval Islam The Islamic Golden Age was a period of cultural, economic, and scientific flourishing in the history of Islam, traditionally dated from the 8th century to the 14th century. This period is traditionally understood to have begun during the reign ...

up until the beginning of the

modern age The term modern period or modern era (sometimes also called modern history or modern times) is the period of history that succeeds the Middle Ages (which ended approximately 1500 AD). This terminology is a historical periodization that is applie ...

. Christian converts to Islam are also included. The following Muslim naming articles are not used for indexing: :*''Al'' - the :*''ibn'', ''bin'', ''banu'' - son of :*''abu'' - father of, the one with

A

Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu Abu Sa'id 'Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu (980–1060), also spelled Bukhtishu, Bukhtyashu, and Bakhtshooa in many texts, was an 11th-century Syriac physician, descendant of Bakhtshooa Gondishapoori. He spoke the Syriac language. He was the last repre ...

(940–1058) Syriac physician. *

Athanasius II Baldoyo Athanasius II Baldoyo ( syr, ܐܬܢܐܣܝܘܣ ܕܬܪܝܢ ܒܠܕܝܐ, ar, اثناسيوس الثاني البلدي), also known as Athanasius of Balad, and Athanasius of Nisibis, was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Churc ...

Syriac Orthodox historian and Patriarch of Antioch. *

Ammar al-Basri Ammar al-Basri ( ar, عمار البصري, ') was a 9th-century East Syriac theologian and apologist. Ammar's work is considered the first systematic Christian theology in Arabic. Not much is known about his life except that he was a native of Bas ...

9th-century East Syrian theologian and apologist. * Anthony of Tagrit 9th-century West Syrian Syriac theologian and Rhetorician. *

Abdisho bar Berika Abdisho bar Berika or Ebedjesu ( syc, ܥܒܕܝܫܘܥ ܕܨܘܒܐ) (died 1318), also known as Mar Odisho or St. Odisho in English, was a Syriac writer. He was born in Nusaybin. Abdisho was first bishop of Shiggar (Sinjar) and the province of Bet 'Ar ...

(died 1318) Syriac writer and bishop.

B

Bukhtishu The Bukhtīshūʿ (or Boḵtīšūʿ) were a family of either Persian or Nestorian Christian physicians from the 7th, 8th, and 9th centuries, spanning six generations and 250 years. The Middle Persian-Syriac name which can be found as early as at ...

(7th-9th centuries) family of syriac Christian physicians. * ibn Batriq (877–940) physician and melkite Patriarch of Alexandria. *

Ibn Butlan Abū 'l-Ḥasan al-Muḫtār Yuwānnīs ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn ibn Saʿdūn ibn Buṭlān ( ar, أبو الحسن المختار إيوانيس بن الحسن بن عبدون بن سعدون بن بطلان; ; ca. first quarter of the 11t ...

(1038, 1075) Arab Nestorian Christian physician. *

Abu Bishr Matta ibn Yunus Abū Bishr Mattā ibn Yūnus al-Qunnāʾī ( ar, ﺍﺑﻮ ﺑﺸﺮ ﻣﺘﺎ ﺑﻦ ﻳﻮﻧﺲ ﺍﻟﻘﻨﺎﻱء; c. 870-20 June 940) was an Arab Christian philosopher who played an important role in the transmission of the works of Aristotle ...

(870–20 June 940) Nestorian Christian philosopher and translator.

D

Dionysius I Telmaharoyo Dionysius I Telmaharoyo (Latin: ''Dionysius Telmaharensis'', Syriac: ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܠܡܚܪܝܐ, Arabic: مار ديونيسيوس التلمحري), also known as Dionysius of Tel Mahre, was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syr ...

(died 845) Syriac Orthodox historian Patriarch of Antioch.Barsoum (2003)

G

Gerasimos, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon Gerasimos (or Gerasimus) was a Christian apologist and monk who wrote in Arabic. He lived in the Middle Ages, sometime between the 9th and 13th centuries. Life Virtually nothing is known of Gerasimos' biography. His only surviving work provides no ...

( between 9th and 13th centuries), knowledgeable Christian apologist

H

Hunayn ibn Ishaq Hunayn ibn Ishaq al-Ibadi (also Hunain or Hunein) ( ar, أبو زيد حنين بن إسحاق العبادي; (809–873) was an influential Nestorian Christian translator, scholar, physician, and scientist. During the apex of the Islamic ...

(809–873) Arab Christian scholar, physician, and scientist.

I

Ishaq ibn Hunayn Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn ( ar, إسحاق بن حنين) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential Arab physician and translator, known for writing the first biography of physicians in the Arabic language. He is also known for ...

(c. 830 – c. 910-1) Arab Christian physician and translator. *

Ishodad of Merv Mar Ishodad of Merv ( syc, , Māri Ishoʿdād Maruzāyā; fl. AD 850) was a bishop of Hdatta and prominent theologian of the Church of the East, best known for his ''Commentaries'' on the Old and New Testaments. Life Very little is known of Ish ...

(fl. 850 AD) Syriac theologian and writer.

J

Jabril ibn Bukhtishu Jabril ibn Bukhtishu, (Jibril ibn Bakhtisha) also written as Bakhtyshu, was an 8th-9th century physician from the Bukhtishu family of Assyrian Nestorian physicians from the Academy of Gundishapur. He was a Nestorian and spoke the Syriac language. ...

8th century Nestorian physician. *

Jacob Bar-Salibi Dionysius bar Salibi (died 1171) was Syriac Orthodox writer and bishop, who served as metropolitan of Amid, in Upper Mesopotamia, from 1166 to 1171. He was one of the most prominent and prolific writers within the Syriac Orthodox Church during t ...

most prolific writer in the Syriac Orthodox Church of the twelfth century. *

Jacob of Edessa Jacob of Edessa (or James of Edessa) ( syr, ܝܥܩܘܒ ܐܘܪܗܝܐ, Yaʿqub Urhoyo) (c. 640 – 5 June 708) was Bishop of Edessa and prominent Syriac Christian writer in Classical Syriac language, also known as one of earliest Syriac grammaria ...

(c. 640 – 5 June 708) Syriac apologist and philosopher."St. Jacob (James) of Edessa (+ June 5th, 708)", Syrian Orthodox Church in America
/ref> *

John III of the Sedre John III of the Sedre ( syr, ܝܘܚܢܢ ܕܣܕܪ̈ܘܗܝ, ar, يوحنا ابو السدرات) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 631 until his death in 648. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Ort ...

theologian. *

John bar Penkaye John bar Penkaye ( syr, ܝܘܚܢܢ ܒܪ ܦܢܟܝ̈ܐ ''Yōḥannān bar Penkāyē'') was a writer of the late seventh century who was a member of the Church of the East. He lived at the time of the fifth Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Mal ...

7th century historian.S. Brock, ''A brief outline of Syriac Literature'', Moran Etho 9, Kottayam, Kerala: SEERI (1997), pp.56-57, 135

K

* Abu Yûsuf ibn Ishâq al-Kindī Arab Christian scholar and Apologist

M

Masawaiyh Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), ( ar, يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in Latin Janus Damascenus, or Mesue, Masuya, Mesue Major, Msuya, and Mesuë the Elder was a Persian people, Persian or Assyria ...

(circa 777–857) Nestorian Christian physician. *

Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi Abu Sahl 'Isa ibn Yahya al-Masihi al-Jurjani ( fa, ابو سهل عيسى‌ بن‌ يحيى مسيحی گرگانی) was a Christian Persian physician,Firoozeh Papan-Matin, ''Beyond death: the mystical teachings of ʻAyn al-Quḍāt al-Hamadhān ...

Persian Christian physician. *

Masawaih al-Mardini Masawaih al-Mardini (Yahyā ibn Masawaih al-Mardini; known as Mesue the Younger) was a Assyrian physician. He was born in Mardin, Upper Mesopotamia. After working in Baghdad, he entered to the service of the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. H ...

Nestorian Christian physician. *

Michael the Syrian Michael the Syrian ( ar, ميخائيل السرياني, Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),( syc, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died 1199 AD, also known as Michael the Great ( syr, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, ...

(died 1199 AD) Syriac Orthodox Chronologist and Patriarchs of Antioch.William Wright, ''A short history of Syriac literature'', p.250, n.3.

N

Nastulus Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh Nasṭūlus ( ar, محمد بن عبد الله نسطولس; known as Nasṭūlus, but also referred to as Basṭūlus) was a 10th century astronomer. He is known for making one of the oldest surviving astrolabes, da ...

Q

Qusta ibn Luqa Qusta ibn Luqa (820–912) (Costa ben Luca, Constabulus) was a Syrian Melkite Christian physician, philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and translator. He was born in Baalbek. Travelling to parts of the Byzantine Empire, he brought back Greek te ...

(820–912) Syrian Melkite physician, scientist and translator. *

Ibn al-Qilai Gabriel ibn al-Qilai (in exact Arabic transcription: Jibrāyīl ibn al-Qilā'i, in Latin: Gabriel Benclaius or Barclaius, was born in 1447 in Lehfed, in the Byblos District, and died in 1516 in Cyprus. He was a Lebanese Christian religious, belong ...

(1447–1516) Lebanese Maronite historian, theologian and poet.

R

* Ishaq bin Ali al-Rohawi 9th-century Arab physician and the author of the first medical ethics book in Arabic medicine. *

Abu Raita al-Takriti Abu Raita al-Takriti ( ar, حبيب ابن خدمة أبو رائطة التكريتي, '), was a 9th-century Syriac Orthodox theologian and apologist. Biography Little is known about Abu Raita's life, and although some sources portray him as a b ...

Syriac Orthodox theologian and apologist.

S

Shapur ibn Sahl Sābūr ibn Sahl (; d. 869 CE) was a 9th-century Persian Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur. Among other medical works, he wrote one of the first medical books on antidotes called ''Aqrabadhin'' (), which was divided into 22 volum ...

(died 869 CE) Persian Christian physician from the Academy of Gundishapur. *

Salmawaih ibn Bunan Salmawaih ibn Bunan (died 840) was an Assyrian Nestorian Christian physician who translated works of Galen from Greek into Arabic. De Lacy O'Leary How Greek science passed to the Arab"How Greek Science Passed to the Arabs" online2002- Page 166 "H ...

(died 840) Assyrian Nestorian Christian physician and translator. *

Serapion the Younger Serapion the Younger was the author of a medicinal-botany book entitled ''The Book of Simple Medicaments''. The book is dated to the 12th or 13th century. He is called "the Younger" to distinguish him from Serapion the Elder, aka Yahya ibn Sarafy ...

. *

Sahl ibn Bishr Sahl ibn Bishr al-Israili (c. 786–c. 845), also known as Rabban al-Tabari and Haya al-Yahudi ("the Jew"), was a Jewish Syriac Christian astrologer, astronomer and mathematician from Tabaristan. He was the father of Ali ibn Sahl the famous scient ...

(c. 786–845?) Syriac Christian astrologer, astronomer and mathematician.

T

* Ibn al-Tilmīdh (1074–1165) Syriac Christian physician, pharmacist, poet, musician and calligrapher. *

Theodosius Romanus Theodosius Romanus ( syr, ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ, ar, البطريرك ثاودوسيوس) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896. Biography Romanus was born at Tikrit in ...

(died 1 June 896) Syriac Orthodox translator and Patriarch of Antioch. *

Theodore Abu Qurrah Theodore Abū Qurrah ( gr, Θεόδωρος Ἀβουκάρας, Theodoros Aboukaras; ar, تواضروس أبو قرة, Tawadrūs Abū Qurrah; c. 750, – c. 825) was a 9th-century Melkite bishop and theologian who lived in the early Islamic perio ...

(c. 750 – c. 823) Orthodox Christian theologian and writer. *

Thomas of Marga Thomas of Marga, ( syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ ܒܪ ܝܥܩܘܒ, ') was an East Syriac bishop and author of an important monastic history in Syriac, who flourished in the 9th century CE. He was born early in the century in the region of Salakh to the north-east ...

9th century East Syrian bishop and author of an important monastic history in Syriac.

U

Ibn Uthal Ibn Uthal or Ibn Athal ( ar, ابن أثال) was an Arab Christian who was the personal physician of the caliph Mu'awiya I and was regarded as the most distinguished of the medical practitioners of the early Umayyad period. His medical knowledge ...

7th-century Arab Christian physician.

Y

Yahya ibn Sarafyun Yahya ibn Sarafyun (9th century) a Syriac physician, known in Europe as Johannes Serapion, and commonly called Serapion the Elder to distinguish him from Serapion the Younger, with whom he was often confused. Biography Nothing is known of the even ...

(9th century) Syriac physician. *

Yuhanna ibn Bukhtishu Yuhanna ibn Bukhtishu (Johannes Bukhtishu) was a 9th-century Persian or Syriac physician from Khuzestan, Persia. Yuhanna ibn Bukhtishu‘ (or Bakhtishu‘) was a member of a prominent family of Nestorian Christian physicians originally from Jun ...

(9th-century) Nestorian Christian physician. *

Yahya Ibn al-Batriq Yaḥyā (or Yuḥannā) ibn al-Biṭrīq (working 796 – 806) was a Assyrian scholar who pioneered the translation of ancient Greek texts into Arabic, a major early figure in the Graeco-Arabic translation movement under the Abbasid empire. He tran ...

Syrian astronomer and translator. *

Yahya ibn Adi Abū Zakarīyā’ Yaḥyá ibn ʿAdī (''John, father of Zachary, son of Adi'') known as Yahya ibn Adi (893–974) was a Syriac Jacobite Christian philosopher, theologian and translator working in Arabic. Biography Yahya ibn Adi was born in Tikrit ...

(893–974) Syriac Jacobite philosopher, theologian and translator.Ira M. Lapidus, ''Islamic Societies to the Nineteenth Century: A Global History'', (Cambridge University Press, 2012), 200.

Z

* Ibn Zur'a (943–1008) Syriac Jacobite Christian physician and philosopher.

A

B

D

G

H

I

J

K

M

N

Q

R

S

T

U

Y

Z

References

See also