In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, writer Kamila Shamsie explores the life of Lubna of Cordoba, an intellectual from the tenth century. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor Robert Gleave discusses Ali ibn Abi Talib and the origins of Shi'ism. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi gives her personal take on Persian scholar Imam Bukhari. Show more

In a series about thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor Jonathan Bloom explains how Islamic scholars and thinkers became early adopters of paper. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Julia Bray explores the figure of Harun al-Rashid, the Caliph from the Thousand and One Night tales. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Narguess Farzad of SOAS, University of London discusses Persian poets Rabia Balkhi and Mahsati Ganjavi. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Iraqi-born scientist Jim Al-Khalili explores the legacy of mathematician and astronomer al-Khwarizmi. Show more

Professor James Montgomery discusses the life and work of Arab philosopher Al-Kindi, the first significant thinker to argue that philosophy and Islam had much to offer each other. Show more

Hugh Kennedy on the life and times of the great historian of early Islam, al-Tabari. He wrote commentaries on the Koran and laid the foundations for Koranic and historical sciences. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor Peter Adamson discusses the great Muslim philosopher Al-Farabi. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Dr Tony Street assesses the great philosopher and physician Avicenna. Show more

Professor Hugh Kennedy explains how the Islamic state was established. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Dr Sussan Babaie of the Courtauld Institute discusses the architectural glories of the Islamic world. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Professor James Montgomery focuses on the scholar Al-Biruni. Show more

In a series about key thinkers and achievements from the Islamic Golden Age, Dr Simonetta Calderini discusses Al Hakim, the controversial Egyptian imam-caliph. Show more

Professor Mona Siddiqui discusses religious thinker and mystic Al-Ghazali, who had a major influence on both Muslim and European philosophers. Show more

The Islamic Golden Age rediscovered through portraits of 20 key figures and events: Ibn Rushd - Professor Charles Burnett considers the philosopher. Show more

Dr Amira Bennison considers the intellectual powerhouses of Baghdad and Cairo - fundamental to progress. Show more

Historian Jonathan Phillips reassesses the influence of 12th-century hero Saladin, a man whose legacy has been admired and appropriated by a great range of people through the ages. Show more

The Islamic Golden Age. Series about key thinkers and achievements. In this essay, Narguess Farzad explores the life and work of the 13th-century Persian poet Al-Rumi. Show more