Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Salmān al-Fārisī
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Related Questions
Read Next
Young men throw balloons and glitter from above the mosque at the celebration Eid Al-Fitr after prayers playing with balloons outside of Al-seddeeq mosque, Al-Mansourah, Egypt. 17 July 2015.
Eid al-Fitr
Candles Burning On Table In Church
What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?
Prayer beads on Quran or Koran written in Arabic Islam's sacred and liturgical language. text, words, Ramadan
Celebrating Ramadan
African American man praying in church with stained glass in background
Why Do People Say “Amen” at the End of a Prayer?
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
Discover
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
Thanksgiving Celebration Traditional Dinner Setting Food Concept
Why Is Thanksgiving in the U.S. Celebrated on a Thursday?
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls
Pro and Con: School Uniforms
The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Alice in Wonderland)
11 Banned Books Through Time

Salmān al-Fārisī: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Salman-al-Farisi
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Flourished c.1701 - c.1800 • near Eṣfahān • Iran
Role In Battle of the Ditch
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
The Canon of Medicine
Avicenna
Persian philosopher and scientist
Rūmī
Sufi mystic and poet
Muhammad Atef
al-Qaeda leader
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Maḥmūd Ghāzān
Mongol ruler of Persia
al-Kāshī
Persian astronomer and mathematician
Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī
Persian scholar
Abū Ḥanīfah
Muslim jurist and theologian
Abu al-Qāsim Maḥmūd ibn ʿUmar al-Zamakhsharī
Persian scholar
as-Suhrawardī
Persian mystic
Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār
Persian poet
ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī
Indo-Persian historian
Aga Khan III
Nizārī imam
Saʿd od-Dīn Maḥmūd Shabestarī
Islamic mystic
Jāmī
Persian poet and scholar
Ibn Miskawayh
Islamic scholar
Mīr ʿAlī of Tabriz
Islamic calligrapher
Burhanuddin Rabbani
president of Afghanistan
ʿAlī: Arabic calligraphy
ʿAlī
Muslim caliph
Averroës (Ibn Rushd)
Averroës
Muslim philosopher