“ibn”

The following 6 entries include the term ibn.

Ḥusayn ibn ʽAlī

biographical name

circa 1854–1931 1st king of the Hejaz (1916–24)

Ibn-Khaldūn

biographical name

1332–1406 Arab historian

Ibn-Rushd

biographical name

see averroës

Ibn Saʽūd

biographical name

circa 1880–1953 king of Saudi Arabia (1932–53)

Ibn Zuhr

biographical name

circa 1090–1162 Muslim physician

bir ibn Ḥayyān

biographical name

Abū Mūsā circa 721–circa 851 Latin Arab alchemist and mystic

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