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The Connections of Al-Kindi
Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873) Every person recorded alongside Al-Kindi in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Al-Kindi in the ledgers of the archive.
- Students
- Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Ahmad ibn al-Tayyib al-Sarakhsi
- Influenced
- Thomas Aquinas, Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 801 CE to 870 CE.
Medieval era
Mahavira
800 CE – 875 CE
Mathematician
Medieval era
Adi Shankara
788 CE – 820 CE
An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.
Medieval era
Al-Mu'tasim
796 CE – January 5, 842 CE
8th Abbasid Caliph. (r. 833–842)
Medieval era
Al-Mutawakkil
822 CE – December 11, 861 CE
10th Abbasid caliph (822–861, r. 847–861)
Medieval era
Charlemagne
April 2, 748 CE – January 28, 814 CE
King of the Franks crowned first Holy Roman Emperor, father of Europe
Medieval era
Alfred the Great
849 CE – October 26, 899 CE
King of Wessex (r. 872–901)
Medieval era
Harun al-Rashid
March 7, 766 CE – March 24, 809 CE
5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
Medieval era
Al-Khwarizmi
c. 750 CE – 846 CE
Mathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms
Medieval era
Al-Razi
866 CE – 925 CE
Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)
Medieval era
Rudaki
859 CE – 941 CE
Persian poet, the father of Persian poetry
Medieval era
Ismail Samani
849 CE – November 24, 907 CE
Amir of the Samanid Empire from 892 to 907
Medieval era
Al-Jahiz
775 CE – 868 CE
Arabic writer (776–869)