Important People of the Islamic World

Prophet; Founder of Islam; had visit from Angel Gabriel which inspired him

• Ibn Sina

• Mehmed

• Muhammad

• Suleiman the Magnificent

Islamic scholar and mathematician; father of Algebra; popularized the use of Arabic numerals (1,2,3)

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Muhammad

• Al Razi

• Al Khwarizmi

Islamic scholar; father of early modern medicine; Canon of Medicine was the basis of medical knowledge; known as Avicenna in Europe

• Ibn Sina

• Al Khwarizmi

• Shah Jahan

• Shah Abbas

Shah of Persia whose policies of cultural blending led to the Golden Age and the rise of the Safavid Empire

• Muhammad

• Shah Jahan

• Shah Abbas

• Ibn Sina

Sect of Islam; Majority of Muslims (85%); believe the leaders of Muslim nation (caliph) should be elected from among those capable of doing job

• Sunni

• Arab merchants

• Shia

• Mehmed

Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople from the Byzantines

• Al Razi

• Muhammad

• Mehmed the Conqueror

• Suleiman the Magnificent

Mughal Emperor; had Taj Mahal built as a tomb/mausoleum for his wife

• Al Khwarizmi

• Ibn Sina

• Shah Abbas

• Shah Jahan

Sect of Islam; minority of Muslims belong to this group (15%); believed leadership (Caliph duties) should fall to a relative of the Prophet Muhammad

• Shia

• Sunni

• Arab merchants

• Muhammad

Considered one of the greatest Ottoman sultans; undertook military campaigns that enlarged his realm; oversaw development of law, literature, art, and architecture; known as "the law giver"

• Mehmed the Conqueror

• Muhammad

• Suleiman the Magnificent

• Al Razi

Islamic scholar; distinguished between smallpox and measles

• Al Khwarizmi

• Al Razi

• Ibn Sina

• Shah Jahan