Ziryab Was The Leonardo da Vinci of The Arab/Muslim world
Posted by theone on 8/28/2025, 1:05 pm
Hmmm, Let me introduce you to the man whose accomplishments inspired Leonardo d’Vinci, his name Abu I-Husan(Photo below), better known by his nickname: "Ziryab". He was a Black Iraqi. There was some fascinating things about Ziryab and Islamic history. Its amazing that Westerners were never taught anything about him.
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi' (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب;[2] c. 789–c. 857[3]), commonly known as Ziryab, was a singer and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia(Spain) during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion. By the way, there is a monument of Ziryab represented as a "blackbird" in Cordoba, Spain, because the guy could sing as hell.
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Very interesting, TheOne. You know the Eurocentrics hide anything they can that's good about us.
And the Muslim world, all-too-often follows suit.
Looks like they're wearing see-through linen, like the Egyptians wore. I don't think we've figured how they made those clothes, yet.
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Hmmm, Let me introduce you to the man whose accomplishments inspired Leonardo d’Vinci, his name Abu I-Husan(Photo below), better known by his nickname: "Ziryab". He was a Black Iraqi. There was some fascinating things about Ziryab and Islamic history. Its amazing that Westerners were never taught anything about him.
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi' (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب;[2] c. 789–c. 857[3]), commonly known as Ziryab, was a singer and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia(Spain) during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion. By the way, there is a monument of Ziryab represented as a "blackbird" in Cordoba, Spain, because the guy could sing as hell.
Re: Ziryab Was The Leonardo da Vinci of The Arab/Muslim world
Indeed Les, if they can build those Pyramids they can also make those see-through linen. I think we didn't even fully figured out how the Pyramids were built.
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Very interesting, TheOne. You know the Eurocentrics hide anything they can that's good about us.
And the Muslim world, all-too-often follows suit.
Looks like they're wearing see-through linen, like the Egyptians wore. I don't think we've figured how they made those clothes, yet.
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Hmmm, Let me introduce you to the man whose accomplishments inspired Leonardo d’Vinci, his name Abu I-Husan(Photo below), better known by his nickname: "Ziryab". He was a Black Iraqi. There was some fascinating things about Ziryab and Islamic history. Its amazing that Westerners were never taught anything about him.
Abu al-Hasan 'Ali Ibn Nafi' (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي ابن نافع, زریاب;[2] c. 789–c. 857[3]), commonly known as Ziryab, was a singer and lute player, composer, poet, and teacher. He lived and worked in what is now Iraq, Northern Africa and Andalusia(Spain) during the medieval Islamic period. He was also a polymath, with knowledge in astronomy, geography, meteorology, botanics, cosmetics, culinary art, and fashion. By the way, there is a monument of Ziryab represented as a "blackbird" in Cordoba, Spain, because the guy could sing as hell.
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