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Al-Kindi
Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 801, 800, 796
- Died
- 870, 873
- Place of death
- Baghdad
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Yakub
- Field of work
- mathematics, philosophy, Islamic theology, logic, ethics, physics, chemistry, psychology, pharmacology, Islamic philosophy, astronomy, medicine
- Occupation
- philosopher, mathematician, cryptologist, astronomer, physician, music theorist, scientist, musician, engineer
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- birth name
- أبو يوسف يعقوب بن إسحاق الصبّاح الكندي
- described by source
- Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), BEIC Digital Library, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Encyclopedia Americana, New International Encyclopedia, al-Aʻlām (Dār al-ʻIlm, 2002)
- different from
- Abd al-Masih ibn Ishaq al-Kindi
- employer
- House of Wisdom
- kunya
- Abu Yousuf
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Arabic
- list of works
- List of al-Kindi's works
- madhhab
- Zaidism
- name in native language
- الكندي, يعقوب بن إسحاق بن الصباح الكندي
- notable work
- Q19455250, Q19497982, De gradibus, Q19497987, Q19498040, On the Intellect
- pseudonym
- Abú-Júsuf ibn Ishák
- relative
- Muhammad ibn al-Ash'ath al-Kindi
- topic's main category
- Category:Al-Kindi
- tribe
- Kinda
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