Yaʿqub ibn Killis

930–991

Egyptian Vizier (979 to 991)

writer · politician

Born in Baghdad

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• Ferdowsi (940–1020)
• Al-Biruni (973–1048)
• Ibn al-Haytham (965–1039)
• Leif Erikson (972–1020)
• Farabi (870–951)
• Otto I the Great (912–973)
• Avicenna (980–1037)

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