Averroes vs Ismail al-Jazari
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Compare the life timelines of Averroes (1126–1198) and Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1136 to 1198.
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Averroes (1126–1198)
- — Born in Cordoba, al-Andalus Verified
- — Educated in law, medicine, and philosophy in Cordoba Verified
- — Completed the medical encyclopedia 'al-Kulliyyat' (Colliget) Verified
- — Appointed qadi (judge) of Seville Verified
- — Introduced to the Almohad caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf by Ibn Tufayl Verified
- — Appointed qadi of Cordoba Verified
- — Appointed court physician to the Almohad caliph Verified
- — Banished to Lucena and works ordered burned Verified
- — Restored to favor and recalled to Marrakesh Verified
- — Died in Marrakesh Verified
Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206)
- — Born in the Jazira region of Upper Mesopotamia Verified
- — Entered service of the Artuqid dynasty as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace Verified
- — Served three successive Artuqid rulers over roughly 25 years Verified
- — Commissioned by Sultan Nasir al-Din Mahmud to document his mechanical inventions Verified
- — Developed the double-acting reciprocating suction pump with crankshaft-connecting rod mechanism Verified
- — Designed the elephant clock, an elaborate water-powered automaton clock Verified
- — Died in Diyarbakir Verified
- — Completed The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices Verified