Rayy
Teachers who lived here
Ibn Ishaq
Ibn Ishaq (704–767)
Muhammad al-Shaybani
Muhammad al-Shaybani (749–805)
died 805
Ibn Khuzayma
Ibn Khuzayma (838–924)
Al-Tabari
Al-Tabari (839–923)
studied 850–855
Abu Bakr al-Razi
Abu Bakr al-Razi (865–925)
Abu Hatim al-Razi
Abu Hatim al-Razi (874–934)
born / based 874–925
Al-Sufi
Al-Sufi (903–986)
born 903
al-Jassas
al-Jassas (917–981)
born / early study 917
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq)
Ibn Babawayh (al-Shaykh al-Saduq) (918–991)
died 991
Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)
Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq) (923–991)
Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi
Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi (925–1023)
sought patronage at the Buyid court 977–980
Ibn Miskawayh
Ibn Miskawayh (932–1030)
librarian (khazin) 963–972
al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar
al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (932–1025)
qadi al-qudat / died 978–1025
al-Sulami
al-Sulami (937–1021)
Abu Bakr ibn Furak
Abu Bakr ibn Furak (941–1015)
Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhani
Badi al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (969–1008)
studied / travelled 990
al-Biruni
al-Biruni (973–1048)
exile / worked in poverty 995–998
Ibn Sina
Ibn Sina (980–1037)
court physician 1014–1015
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi
al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002–1071)
Hasan-i Sabbah
Hasan-i Sabbah (1050–1124)
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149–1210)
born / first studies 1149
Al-Istakhri
Al-Istakhri (?–957)
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (?–941)
al-Amiri
al-Amiri (?–992)
al-Kisa'i
al-Kisa'i (?–805)