Al-Razi
Razi or Al-Razi is the title of several Iranian scholars who were born in the town of Rey, Iran. "Razi" in Persian denotes a person who is from Rey. Some scholars with the name of al-Razi include:
People
- Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (c. 865 – 925/35), Persian physician; inventor of distillation of alcohol and its use in medicine; philosopher, chemist and alchemist
- Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni Al-Razi (born 250 AH/864 CE), compiler of hadith, born in a village named Kulayn or Kulin in Iran
- Abu Zur’a al-Razi (died 878), Sunni hadith scholar
- Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890), Sunni hadith scholar
- Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi (died c. 934), Isma'ili theologian and philosopher
- Amin Razi, 16th-century Persian geographer
- Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (c. 1150 – 1210), Persian theologian and philosopher
- Najmeddin Razi, 13th-century Persian Sufi
See also
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