al-Ma'arri
973–1057
medieval Arab poet and thinker
writer · poet · philosopher
Born in Ma'arrat Nu'man
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as al-Ma'arri:
- Avicenna (980–1037)
- Murasaki Shikibu (970–)
- Ferdowsi (940–1020)
- William the Conqueror (1028–1087)
- Al-Biruni (973–1048)
- Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039)
- Leif Erikson (972–1020)
- Urban II (1035–1099)
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