“ibn-”

The following 6 entries include the term ibn-.

Ḥusayn ibn ʽAlī

biographical name

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

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Ibn-Khaldūn

biographical name

1332–1406 Arab historian

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Ibn-Rushd

biographical name

see averroës

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Ibn Saʽūd

biographical name

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

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Ibn Zuhr

biographical name

circa 1090–1162 Muslim physician

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Jābir ibn Ḥayyān

biographical name

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

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