Greatest Iranians (All Iranic Peoples): Past and Present.

Abū Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Farakh al-Fārābi (in Persian: محمد فارابی or Abū Nasr al-Fārābi (in some sorces, known as Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Tarkhan ibn Uzalagh al-Farabi), also known in the West as Alpharabius, Al-Farabi, Farabi, and Abunaser (870�950 CE) was a Muslim philosopher and scientist and one of the greatest scientists and philosophers of his time.

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Biography

There is no consensus or sufficient evidence to decide the matter of al-Farabi's ethnic origins. The existing variations in the basic facts about al-Farabi's origins and pedigree indicate that they were not recorded during his lifetime or soon thereafter by anyone with concrete information, but were rather based on hearsay or guesses.

Some historians claim Farabi was born in the small village of Wasij near Farab (in what is today Otrar, Kazakhstan) of Turkic parents. The older Persian form Parab is given in the historical account Hodud al-'alam for his birthplace. Ibn al-Nadim, among other historians, however states Farabi's origins (in Fl�gel p.263) to lie in Faryab in Khorasan ("men al-Faryab men ardh� Khorasan"). Faryab is also the name of a province in today's Afghanistan. The Dehkhoda Dictionary also calls him Persian ("فارسی المنتسب"), mentioning the fact that his father was a member of the Persian-speaking Samanid court of Central Asia.

But what is known with certainty is that after finishing his early school years in Farab and Bukhara, Farabi arrived in Baghdad to pursue higher studies in 901. He studied under a Christian cleric who abandoned lay interests and engaged in his ecclesiastical duties, and he remained in Baghdad for well over 40 years and acquired mastery over several languages and fields of knowledge.

Contributions

Farabi made notable contributions to the fields of mathematics, philosophy, medicine and even music. As a philosopher and Neo-Platonist he wrote rich commentary on Aristotle's work. He is also credited for categorizing logic into two separate groups, the first one being idea and the second being proof. Farabi wrote books on sociology and a notable book on music titled Kitab al-Musiqa (The Book of Music). He played and invented a varied number of musical instruments and his pure Arabian tone system is still used in Arab music (Touma 1996, p.170). Farabi is also famous for his demonstration of the existence of void in physics.

Farabi had great influence on science and knowledge for several centuries. Unfortunately the book Theology of Aristotle, that he relied upon, eventually turned out to be the work of Plotinus (a neo-Platonic philosopher). Nevertheless, he was regarded as the Second Teacher in philosophy for centuries. His work, aimed at synthesis of philosophy and sufism, paved the way for Ibn Sina's work.

Farabi saw religion as a symbolic rendering of truth, and, like Plato, saw it as the duty of the philosopher to provide guidance to the state. Influenced by the writings of Aristotle, in The Ideas of the Citizens of the Virtuous City and other books, he advanced the view � heretical for a Muslim � that reason is superior to revelation. He engaged in rationalistic questioning of the authority of the Qur'an and rejected predestination.

Happend for Farabi too, He was IRanian, now he is Muslim aftre Turkish

khatami:

Bakhtiar:

Bazargan:

Kasravi:

Amir Kabir:

 

Nadir Shah:

Zoroaster:

Avicenna:

Reza Shah:

who can forget about saladin???? the man who saved islam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin Saladin (1137 or 1138�1193; Kurdish: Selahad�n� Ey�b�; Arabic: Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub; ���� ����� ���� ��� ����; Salah ad-Din being an honorific that means The Righteousness of the Faith in Arabic) was a 12th century Kurdish Muslim warrior who founded the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt and Syria. He was also renowned in both the Christian and Muslim worlds for his leadership and military prowess tempered by his chivalry and merciful nature, during his struggle against the Crusaders.

Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi (Persian: شیرین عبادی; born June 21, 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and founder of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran. On December 10, 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to receive the prize.


In accepting her 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi said:

I am an Iranian. A descendant of Cyrus The Great. The very emperor who proclaimed at the pinnacle of power 2500 years ago that "... he would not reign over the people if they did not wish it." And [he] promised not to force any person to change his religion and faith and guaranteed freedom for all. The Charter of Cyrus The Great is one of the most important documents that should be studied in the history of human rights.

 

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Originally posted by ramin these guys? you've got to be kidding

All of them, definately are great.

are you being sarcastic?

anyway, can you give this thread a sticky?

Originally posted by Zagros Originally posted by ramin these guys? you've got to be kidding All of them, definately are great.

Well i ahve a probleme with this people. KHatami wasn't a real reformist, but also a deciever of fools. This is not neccesary to say why i don't like Bazargan, it's very clear. And in Iran people say Ayatollah Shirin Ebadi.

Originally posted by prsn41ife khatami: Bakhtiar: Bazargan: Kasravi: Amir Kabir:   Nadir Shah: Zoroaster: Avicenna: Reza Shah:

Nadir shah is from Afshar turkoman tribe