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Birth: al-Farabi

c. 878 CE · c. 264 AH† approximate

Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi, d. AH 339 — 'the Second Teacher' after Aristotle, author of Ara' Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila .

Al-Fārābī — Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Birth: al-Farabi

c. 878 CE · c. 264 AH†

Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi, d. AH 339 — 'the Second Teacher' after Aristotle, author of Ara' Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila .

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  1. Birth: al-Farabi — c. 878 CE · c. 264 AH†

    Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi, d. AH 339 — 'the Second Teacher' after Aristotle, author of Ara' Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila .

  2. Al-Farabi moves to Baghdad — c. 905 CE · c. 292 AH†

    Al-Farabi moved from Central Asia to Baghdad, where he settled and wrote most of his works .

  3. Al-Farabi at Sayf al-Dawla's court — 942 CE · 330 AH†

    In 942 al-Farabi took up residence at the court of the Hamdanid prince Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo, remaining there until his death .

  4. Death: al-Farabi — c. 950 CE · 339 AH

    Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan al-Farabi, d. AH 339 — 'the Second Teacher' after Aristotle, author of Ara' Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila .