(17 August) Nawab Mahboob Ali Khan Bahadur, the 6th Nizam of Hyderabad, was born in Hyderabad.

(13 August) Fatimid caliph Abu Ali al-Mansur, aka al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, was born in Cairo, Fatimid…

(13 February) Acclaimed Pakistani Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was born in Sialkot, British India…

(20 January) The 2nd Sultan of the Great Seljuq Empire, Alp Arslan, was born as…

(21 September) The 34th Ottoman Sultan, Abdul Hamid II, was born in the Topkapi Palace,…

(26 July) Noted Andalusian Islamic scholar, theologian, philosopher, Sufi, and poet Muhiy al-Din Ibn Arabi…

(14 April) Noted Muslim Andalusian jurist, scholar, philosopher, theologian, and a true polymath, Ibn Rushd…

(10 April) Persian scholar and the vizier of the Great Seljuk Empire, Nizam al-Mulk Tusi…

(9 April) The founder of the Timurid Empire, Amir Timur was born in Kesh (now…