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Al-Farabi
10/20 Professor Peter Adamson discusses the great Muslim philosopher Al-Farabi.
Al-Tabari
9/20 Hugh Kennedy discusses the life and times of the great historian of early Islam, al-Tabari
Al-Kindi
8/20 Professor James Montgomery discusses the life and work of Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.
Al-Khwarizmi
7/20 Jim Al-Khalili explores the legacy of mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi.
Rabia Balkhi and Mahsati Ganjavi
6/20 Narguess Farzad of SOAS discusses Persian poetesses Rabia Balkhi and Mahsati Ganjavi.
Harun al-Rashid
5/20 Julia Bray explores the figure of Harun al-Rashid from the Thousand and One Night tales.
Paper
4/20 Jonathan Bloom explains how Islamic scholars and thinkers became early adopters of paper.
Imam Bukhari
3/20 Baroness Sayeeda Warsi gives her personal take on Persian scholar Imam Bukhari.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
2/20 Professor Robert Gleave discusses Ali ibn Abi Talib and the origins of Shia Islam.
The Establishment of the Islamic State
1/20 Professor Hugh Kennedy explains how the Islamic state was established.
