the ledger of connections
The Connections of Al-Ghazali
Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111) Every person recorded alongside Al-Ghazali in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Al-Ghazali in the ledgers of the archive.
- Siblings
- Ahmad Ghazali
- Teachers
- Al-Juwayni, Abū ‘Alī al-Fadl b. Muhammad al-Fāramidhī
- Students
- Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi
- Influenced
- Averroes
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1058 to 1111.
Medieval era
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 – September 17, 1179
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
Medieval era
William the Conqueror
November 8, 1028 – September 9, 1087
King of England from 1066 to 1087, Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 (1028–1087)
Medieval era
Omar Khayyam
May 18, 1048 – December 4, 1131
Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)
Medieval era
Ali Hujwiri
1009 – September 25, 1072
Sufi mystic
Medieval era
Abdul Qadir Gilani
March 17, 1078 – February 14, 1166
Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
Medieval era
Rabia Balkhi
b. c. 1000
Persian poet, first woman poet of Islamic period
Medieval era
Yue Fei
March 24, 1103 – January 27, 1142
Song dynasty general, killed by royal decree from the Emperor Gaozong of Song (1103–1142)
Medieval era
Su Shi
January 8, 1037 – August 24, 1101
Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)
Medieval era
Li Qingzhao
March 19, 1084 – May 19, 1155
Chinese Song Dynasty poet, known as "the most talented woman in all ages"
Medieval era
Anawrahta
May 11, 1014 – April 11, 1077
Founder of the Pagan Empire
Medieval era
Suryavarman II
1094 – 1150
Cambodian king (1094-1150)
Medieval era
David the Builder
1073 – January 24, 1125
King of Georgia (1073-1125)