Medieval

"E. G. Browne: A Literary History of Persian, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1964"

🇺🇸Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Music

1002–1071

"...Jews, soon you shall hear from us in Palestine, which will become your grave..."

Nasir Khusraw

Philosophy

list of converts to Shia Islam

1004–1088

"E. G. Browne: A Literary History of Persia, Volume 2, p. 225-246, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, 1956, Revised Edition: 1964"

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

Literature

1006–1089

"Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh: The Invocations of shaykh Abdullah al-Ansari, London, Great Britain, 1939"

Peter Damian

Politics

1007–1072

"But if I have erred in anything, I gladly come before the teaching authority of Peter."

Ali Hujwiri

Literature

Sufism

1009–1072

"Every good and evil that happens to man is decreed by God."

"Middle way" is defined in terms of a self-awareness that is not nil; it appears as blue, etc. objects, but characteristics do not arise in it."

Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud

Military

b. 1014

"After the death of Masud.... The unbelievers drove his descendants from Ajmer, and re-established there idols and idolatry again reigned over the land of India."

🇮🇳Ramanuja

Philosophy

1017–1137

"What an individual pursues as a desirable end depends upon what he conceives himself to be."

Solomon ibn Gabirol

Philosophy

1020–1057

"In seeking wisdom, the first step is silence; the second, listening; the third, remembering; the fourth practicing; the fifth, teaching others"

William the Conqueror

Politics

1028–1087

"See — I have taken England with both my hands."

Anselm of Canterbury

Religion

1033–1109

"God was conceived of a most pure Virgin … it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived."

🇫🇷Rashi

Religion

1040–1105

"A falsehood in which some truth is not stated at the beginning, cannot be maintained in the end." Deuteronomy 13,27"

Milarepa

Literature

Buddhism

1040–1123

"The Magic Life of Milarepa by Eva van Dam"

Omar Khayyám

Mathematics

Persian literature

1048–1131

"Geometric Solutions of Quadratic and Cubic Equations" by David W. Henderson"

Al-Hariri of Basra

Literature

1054–1122

"Leonard Chappelow: Six Assemblies, English translation of Maqamat of al-Hariri, Cambridge, 1767"

Imam Al-Ghazali (R.A.)

Philosophy

1056–1111

"A grievous crime indeed against religion has been committed by the man who imagines that Islam is defended by the denial of the mathematical sciences."

"The pious man is nothing but a prince who is obeyed by his senses, and by his mental as well as his physical faculties"

Umar

1075–1144

"More quotes of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab at EduIslam."

Al-Zamakhshari

Religion

Mu'tazilism

1075–1144

"Arguing with them in a way that is better means using the best method of argumentation which is the method of kindness and gentleness without gruffness and harshness."

Abdul Qadir Gilani

Religion

Qadiriyya

1078–1166

"Be constant in fear of Allah and his worship. Do not fear anyone else nor expect anything from any one. Save yourself - Fear Allah, fear Allah and fear Allah."

Peter Abelard

Religion

Classical period

1079–1142

"Abelard: Logic, Semantics, Ontology and His Theories of the Copula"

Sanai

Literature

1080–1150

"Sanai Ghaznavi: Enclosed Garden Of Truth : translated by John Stephenson , Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta, 1910"

"Father and son you might liken to caterpillars and locusts, for what was left by Robert, his son fed on and devoured."

🇨🇳Li Qingzhao

Literature

1084–1155

"Li Ching Chao Poems and Poetry at Famous Poets and Poems"

Bernard of Clairvaux

Religion

1090–1153

"Do what Jesus says,... what he commands through his ministers who are in the Church . Be subject to his vicars, your leaders, not only those who are gentle and kind, but even those who are overbearing ."

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Religion

1095–1155

"Geoffrey of Monmouth at Latin Wikisource"

🇬🇧William of Malmesbury

Literature

1095–1143

"That fatal day for England, the sad destruction of our dear country ."

"Verily, the soul is content when that which it desires is learned, and becomes importunate in its pursuit when it is spurned."

Zhang Jun

Politics

1097–1164

"We are still at a very critical stage in fighting the Coronavirus. International solidarity is extremely important and for that purpose all countries should behave in a responsible manner."

Chekawa Yeshe Dorje

Literature

1101–1175

"When all the world is filled with evil, transform adversity into the path of enlightenment."