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List of Christian scientists and scholars of the medieval Islamic world

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This is a list of Christian scientists and scholars from the Muslim world and Spain (Al-Andalus) who lived during medieval Islam up until the beginning of the modern age. Christian converts to Islam are also included.

The following Muslim naming articles are not used for indexing:

  • Al - the
  • ibn, bin, banu - son of
  • abu - father of, the one with

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  • Qusta ibn Luqa (820–912) Syrian Melkite physician, scientist and translator.[29]
  • Ibn al-Qilai (1447–1516) Lebanese Maronite historian, theologian and poet.

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  • Ibn al-Tilmīdh (1074–1165) Syriac Christian physician, pharmacist, poet, musician and calligrapher.[35]
  • Theodosius Romanus (died 1 June 896) Syriac Orthodox translator and Patriarch of Antioch.
  • Theodore Abu Qurrah (c. 750 – c. 823) Orthodox Christian theologian and writer.[36]
  • Thomas of Marga 9th century East Syrian bishop and author of an important monastic history in Syriac.

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  • Ibn Zur'a (943–1008) Syriac Jacobite Christian physician and philosopher.

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  24. ^ "Compendium of Medical Texts by Mesue, with Additional Writings by Various Authors". World Digital Library. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  25. ^ Bosworth, C.E. (2000). History of civilizations of Central Asia, Volume IV. Paris: UNESCO Publ. p. 306. ISBN 92-3-103654-8. Comparable to al-Rāzi before him and to his own younger contemporary Ibn Sinā, al-Masihi represents the physician-philosopher of classical and Islamic tradition. From the point of view of religious history, it is also of interest that he was descended from Iranian Christians and held, albeit discreetly, to his faith.
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  29. ^ Worrell, W. H. (1944). "Qusta Ibn Luqa on the Use of the Celestial Globe". Isis. 35 (4): 285–293. doi:10.1086/358720. JSTOR 330840. S2CID 143503145.
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