) – A prominent jurist, traditionist, ascetic and preacher, who authored several important works, largely commenting upon famous collections of traditions.

Seigen-ji temple, in Yagi's northern foothills, is famous because it houses 22 wood carvings created by the wandering ascetic priest Mokujiki-san.

During the 12th century A. D. this cave appeared to have attained its present name after the famous ascetic, lyricist and philosopher, Akka Mahadevi who hailed from Karnataka.

* Al-Rabi ibn Khuthaym, ( d. ca 682 ) was a pupil of Abdullah ibn Abbas and a famous tabi ' i ascetic of Kufa

Majhauli Malla claim their descendents from famous ascetic Mayur Bhat who was a descendent of Rishi Jamdagni.

These stories of the previous lives of famous and not so famous monks and nuns may have been meant to provide moral examples to lay followers who wished to live as Buddhists but were unable or unwilling to undertake ordination as an ascetic.

The family was wealthy enough to entertain and provide lodging for traveling priests, who often passed by on their way to a shrine famous for ascetic practices.

Ahmad ibn Fadlān ibn al-Abbās ibn Rāšid ibn Hammād () was a 10th century Arab traveler, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars.

: The famous Abbasid Caliph Haroun al-Rashid ( of A Thousand and One Nights fame ).

Benjamin of Tuleda, a famous 12th century Jewish explorer, described the Caliph al Abbasi as a " great king ... kind unto Israel ".

In the year 599 AH during circumambulating the Kaaba, he encountered the son of Caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd, who had been dead for four centuries and was famous for choosing Saturday for work to gather food for rest of the week.

According to Osman Yahia in Baghdad Ibn ‘ Arabī met with the famous Sufi Shihābuddīn Suharwardī ( d. 632 ), author of the ‘ Awārif al-ma ’ ārif who was personal advisor to Caliph al-Nāṣir.

Mansur al-Hallaj ( ; full name ) ( March 26, 922 ) ( Hijri 309 AH ) was a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism, most famous for his poetry, accusation of heresy and for his execution at the orders of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muqtadir after a long, drawn-out investigation.

Al-Khayzuran bint Atta () ( died 789 ) was the wife of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mahdi and mother of both Caliphs Al-Hadi and Harun al-Rashid, the most famous of the Abbasids.

In 832 CE, Caliph al-Ma ' mūn founded the famous Baytu l-Hikma, the House of Wisdom.

Among the best known are: Ishaq ibn Hunain ( d. 911 ) ( son of Hunain ibn Ishaq ), the physician and translator of Greek philosophical works into Arabic ; ibn Fadlan, the explorer ; al Battani ( d. 923 ), astronomer ; Tabari ( d. 923 ), historian and theologian ; al-Razi ( d. 930 ), philosopher who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry ; al-Farabi ( d. 950 ), chemist and philosopher ; Abu Nasr Mansur ( d. 1036 ), mathematician ; Alhazen ( d. 1040 ), mathematician ; al-Biruni ( d. 1048 ), mathematician, astronomer, physicist ; Omar Khayyám ( d. 1123 ), poet, mathematician, and astronomer ; Mansur Al-Hallaj a mystic, writer and teacher of Sufism most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity, his poetry and for his execution for heresy by Caliph Al-Muqtadir.

Moving to Baghdad, he continued his business there, but became famous for his verses, especially for those addressed to ʻUtba, a concubine of the Abbasid Caliph al-Mahdi.

During the time of Umar I the famous companion of the Prophet, Abu Hurayrah, was the governor of Bahrain.

The reason for this was that Umar didn't wish for the companions, who were famous and respected among the Muslims, to spread and have their own followers, which would, it was felt, have resulted in unnecessary divisions in Islam.

Ibn Athīr is the family name of three Kurdish brothers, all famous in Arabian literature, born at Jazīrat ibn Umar in Cizre nowadays in south-eastern Turkey.

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( originating from al-Khwārizmī, the famous Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ) is a step-by-step procedure for calculations.

Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi ( Rhazes ), the Persian chemist and most famous alchemist, the inventor of alcohol, isolated many chemical substance s, produced many medication s, and described many laboratory apparatus.

In the 16th century, in the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, his chronicler Abu al-Fazl ibn Mubarak wrote in the famous Ain-i-Akbari:

The most famous Arabic mathematician is considered to be Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī ( 780 – 850 ), who produced a comprehensive guide to the numbering system developed from the Brahmi system in India, using only 10 digits ( 0-9, the so-called " Arabic numerals ").

* Abdullah ibn Aamir, a Sahaba and Governor of Busra as well as famous Arab General

Al-Qurtubi mentions in his famous exegesis, in explanation of the above-mentioned verse, that according to Wahb ibn Munnabih, Sakinah is a spirit from God that speaks, and, in the case of the Israelites, where people disagreed on some issue, this spirit came to clarify the situation, and used to be a cause of victory for them in wars.

An important part of the book is concerned with Euclid's famous parallel postulate, which attracted the interest of Thabit ibn Qurra.

* Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi ( c. 865-925 / 35 ), famous Persian physician, inventor distillation of alcohol and its use in medicine, philosopher, chemist and alchemist

The Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrihim al-Ghazi ( nicknamed Gurey in Somali and Gragn in Amharic ( ግራኝ Graññ ), both meaning " the left-handed ") came close to extinguishing the ancient realm of Ethiopia, and converting all of its subjects to Islam ; the intervention of the European Cristóvão da Gama, son of the famous navigator, helped the Christians.

Karbala is famous as the site of the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali ( Imam Hussein ), and commemorations are held by millions of Shias annually to remember it.

A prominent example being that of Rabi ibn Zayd, a palace official who, sometime between 961 and 976, wrote the famous Calendar of Córdoba for Abd ar-Rahman III, undertook various diplomatic missions in Germania and Byzantium and was rewarded with the bishopric of Elvira ( present Granada ).

The most famous proponent of the Asharite occasionalist doctrine was Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali, an 11th century theologian based in Baghdad.

* Abu Ja ' far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari ( 838-923 ), Persian historian and theologian ( the most famous and widely-influential person called al-Tabari )

Similar statements are documented by famous Shia scholars e. g. Ahmad ibn Tawoos and

Jewish thought during this period flourished under famous figures such as Samuel Ha-Nagid, Moses ibn Ezra, Solomon ibn Gabirol Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides.

He was also the teacher of the famous chemist, Jābir ibn Hayyān ( Geber ),.

He was a student of Ja ' far Al-Sadiq, as was Malik ibn Anas, who quotes 12 hadiths from Jafar Sadiq in his famous Al-Muwatta.

His vezir, Al-Fath ibn Khaqan, who was Turkish, was a famous figure of Al-Mutawakkil's era.

Other places of interest include Kabul City Center, which is Kabul's first shopping mall, the shops around Flower Street and Chicken Street, Wazir Akbar Khan district, Kabul Golf Club, Kabul Zoo, Abdul Rahman Mosque, Shah-Do Shamshira and other famous mosques, the National Gallery of Afghanistan, the National Archives of Afghanistan, Afghan Royal Family Mausoleum, the OMAR Mine Museum, Bibi Mahro Hill, Kabul Cemetery, and Paghman Gardens.

In boxing Olympians from Quetta include: Shaheed Abrar Hussain Hazara killed by LeJ, Abdul Salam Khan Kakar, Asghar Ali Changezi and Haider Ali Changezi. weight lifting Dilawar Khan Khilji, Mohammad Rafiq Khan Khilji and Mohammad Alam Khan Kakar were famous weightlifters.

Shah Alam is most famous for its mosque, the Masjid Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah.

One of the most famous pioneers of this era was Ismael Abdul Queen, who was followed by Ahmed Ibrahim Falah and Ibrahim Alkashif ( father of modern singing ).

Among the famous personalities who hailed from Feni district are Famous saint Shah Syed Amir Uddin Pagla Miah / Baba ( RA ) who is regarded as founder of feni and sultanul awlia feni, Saint Mamu Fakir ( RA ), Begum Khaleda Zia ( former Prime Minister ), Sir A. F. Rahman ( the first Muslim Vice Chancellor of University, Dr. Mustafa Chowdhury ( former Public Service Commission Chairman ), Prof. Ahmed Shafee ( Vice-Chancellor of East West University ), Former Politician and Businessman Mowlana Abdul Wadud, Abdul Awal Mintu, Saber Hossen Chowdhury, Mosarraf Hossen, Economist Abu Ahammed, journalists

Frank Crumit, who was famous for his renditions of it, wrote three sequels: " The Return of Abdul Abulbul Amir ", " The Grandson Of Abdul Abulbul Amir ", and " Minnie Skavinsky Skavar ".

The famous freedom fighter Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, who visited Darul ‘ Uloom during his visit to India in 1969, had said: " I have had relation with Darul ‘ Uloom since the time the Shaiykhul-Hind, Maulana Mehmud Hasan, was alive.

Gul Agha was born by the name of Shafiq to a poor tea shop owner, who later became a famous Mujahideen commander, Haji Abdul Latif.

Haji Abdul Latif was also known as Haji Latif " Sagwan ", (" Sagwan " means " dog owner " and was a famous dog fights leader in the Kandahar area ).

The most famous modern Arab historian scholars is of this town, Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Douri ( 1918 – 2010 ), the chancellor of Baghdad University in the 1960s.

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai's most famous written work is the Shah Jo Risalo, which is a masterpiece of Sindhi literature as well.

A number of flying clubs are also located at Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport, the most famous of these being Subang Flying Club, Elite Flying Club, Eurocopter ( An EADS Company ), ESB Flying Club ( Eurodynamic Sdn Bhd ).

Hasauli is the first ever nirmal village which was awarded by president A. P. J Abdul Kalam, and its also famous for its Handicrafts.

Abdul Qadir was also a famous leg break bowler in this format.

" Guwahati: Pursuing to reach the Burma market in the wake of improved bilateral relation, Indian Minister of state for external Affairs Bijay Krishna Handique has submitted a memorandum to President APJ Abdul Kalam for reopening of the famous Stilwell Road which connects India, Burma and China " ( backup site )

Krishna Chandra Dey, Bhabani Charan Das, Radharani Debi, Mrinalkanti Ghosh, Pannalal Bhattacharya, Hiralal Sarkhel, Nirmal Bhattacharya, and Gitashree Chhabi Bandopadhyay were famous for their renditions of devotional songs, while Abbasuddin Ahmed, Abdul Alim, Rohoman Boyati, Indromohon Rajbongshi, Kiran Chandra Roy, Nirmalendu Chowdhury were stalwarts in singing Bengali folk music.

Syed Abdul Wahab alias Akhund Panju Baba aka Baba Sahib was a famous Sufi and preacher of Islam.

* Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam ( also known as Azzam Pasha ), Egyptian diplomat who is known for making the famous Azzam Pasha quotation

Haji Sahib of Turangzai, the most famous Pukhtun religious leader of the time was requested by Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum to lay the foundation stone of Islamia College.

* In the Playmore fighting game Rage of the Dragons, Mr. Jones ( who already bares a striking resemblance to Kareem Abdul Jabbar ) wears a suit very similar to the famous yellow jump suit.

The city is famous for its dates, known in the Sindhi language as Khark, and in Urdu as Khajoor. Its famous cities are Ranipur, Gambat, Kot Diji and Sobhodero. There is one university named Shah Abdul Latif University.