Arabic language: Quick Facts


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ʿAbd al-Malik: Dome of the Rock
ʿAbd al-Malik
Umayyad caliph
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Saʿadia ben Joseph
Jewish exegete and philosopher
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Judah ben Saul ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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Ḥisdai ibn Shaprut
Spanish-Jewish physician and writer
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Ahmed Ali
Pakistani writer
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Paul Bowles
American composer, translator, and author
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Bar Hebraeus
Syrian philosopher
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Michael Scot
Scottish scholar
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Don Raimundo
Spanish archbishop
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Sir William Jones
British orientalist and jurist
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Domingo Gundisalvo
Spanish philosopher
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Constantine the African
medieval medical scholar
Palmer, E.H.: The Desert of the Exodus
E.H. Palmer
British linguist
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Joseph Kimhi
European grammarian
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Moses ben Samuel ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibbon
Jewish physician and translator
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David Samuel Margoliouth
British scholar
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Rūdakī
Persian poet
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Abraham bar Hiyya
Spanish-Jewish philosopher and scientist
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Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon
Jewish astronomer, physician, and translator