Ismail al-Jazari vs Maimonides
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Compare the life timelines of Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) and Maimonides (1138–1204) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1138 to 1204.
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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
Maimonides (1138–1204)
- — Born in Cordoba in Almoravid al-Andalus Verified
- — Family fled Cordoba after the Almohad conquest Verified
- — Settled with his family in Fez, Morocco Verified
- — Completed his Commentary on the Mishnah Verified
- — Settled permanently in Fustat, Egypt Verified
- — Became a leader of the Jewish community of Egypt Verified
- — Completed the Mishneh Torah, his monumental code of Jewish law Verified
- — Appointed physician to the court of Saladin in Egypt Verified
- — Completed The Guide for the Perplexed Verified
- — Died in Fustat, Egypt Verified