Top Celebrity Names Starting With Ibn

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   Ibn Battuta

   1304 - 1369 Male
   

   Muslim Berber Moroccan Explorer

   
   

   Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Lawātī al-Ţanjī ibn Baṭūṭah, or simply Ibn Battuta, also known as Shams ad-Din (February 25, 1304–1368 or 1369), was a Muslim Moroccan explorer, known for his extensive travels, accounts of which were published in the Rihla (lit. "Journey").… read more

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   Ibn Arabi

   1165 - 1240 Male
   

   Mystic, Philosopher, Writer

   
   

   Ibn ʿArabī was an Andalusian Moorish Sufi mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdillāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn `Arabī ('أبو عبد الله محمد ابن علي ابن محمد ابن عربي).… read more

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   Ibn Khaldun

   1332 - 1406 Male
   

   Historian

   
   

   Ibn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun was an Arab Tunisian historiographer and historian who is often viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics He is best known for his Muqaddimah, which was discovered, evaluated and fully appreciated first by 19th century European scholarship, although it has also had considerable influence on 17th-century Ottoman historians like Ḥajjī Khalīfa and Mustafa Naima who relied on his theories to analyze the growth and decline of the Ottoman empire. … read more

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   Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia

   1876 - 1953 Male
   

   Politician, King

   
   

   King Abdul-Aziz of Saudi Arabia was the first monarch of Saudi Arabia, the third Saudi State. He was usually called Ibn Saud in English-speaking countries. Beginning with the reconquest of his family's ancestral home city of Riyadh in 1902, he consolidated his control over the Najd in 1922, then conquered the Hijaz in 1925. Having conquered almost all of central Arabia, he united his dominions into the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.… read more

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   Ibn Tumart

   1080 - 1130 Male
   

   Politician, Religious, Scholar

   
   

   Abu Abd Allah Muhammad Ibn Tumart was a Muslim Berber religious scholar, teacher and political leader from southern Morocco. He was the founder and spiritual leader of the Almohad movement, a puritanical reform movement launched among the Masmuda Berbers of the Atlas Mountains. Ibn Tumart launched the open revolt against the ruling Almoravids during the 1120s. After his death, his followers, the Almohads, went on to conquer much of North Africa and Spain.… read more

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   Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi

   1963 - 2009 Male
   

   Trainer, Authority, Connection

   
   

   Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi was a Libyan paramilitary trainer for Al-Qaeda. After being captured and interrogated by the American and Egyptian forces, the information he gave under torture by Egyptian authorities was cited by the George W. Bush Administration in the months preceding the 2003 invasion of Iraq as evidence of a connection between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda.… read more

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   Ibn Taymiyyah

   1263 - 4712 BC Male
   

   Scholar, Theologian, Philosopher

   
   

   Taqi ad-Din Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, full name: Taqī ad-Dīn Abu 'l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn ʿAbd as-Salām Ibn Taymiya al-Ḥarrānī, was an Islamic scholar (alim), theologian and logician born in Harran, located in what is now Turkey, close to the Syrian border. He lived during the troubled times of the Mongol invasions.… read more