Ismail al-Jazari vs Nizami Ganjavi
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Compare the life timelines of Ismail al-Jazari (1136–1206) and Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 65 years, from 1141 to 1206.
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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
- — Completed The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices Verified
- — Died in Diyarbakir Verified
Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209)
- — Born in Ganja Verified
- — Orphaned early and raised by his uncle
- — Acquired broad learning in the sciences and literature
- — Married Afaq, a Kipchak slave sent to him by the ruler of Derbent Verified
- — Completed the Makhzan al-Asrar (Treasury of Mysteries) Verified
- — Completed the romance 'Khosrow and Shirin' Verified
- — Completed 'Layla and Majnun' Verified
- — Completed the Haft Peykar (Seven Beauties) Verified
- — Completed the Iskandarnameh (Book of Alexander) Verified
- — Died in Ganja Verified