750 - 1000 AD/ 131 - 391 AH Connection

750 - 1000 AD/ 131 - 391 AH Connection

The Islamic Golden Age is also the age of polymaths. Many scholars were never specialized in one field of study. For example Omar Khayyam was a fundamental and influential mathematician who contributed to the development of Algebra. However, his most famous work is a poetry book. al-Khwarizmi was another polymath at the time, he specialized in mathematics, astronomer, and geographer. al-Hilli was a famous Shi'i scholar who called for an Imamate that held religious power but a delegate politically. He studied at the Maragha observatory but studied theology and law here. The lack of hyper specialization for scholars allowed for more new minds to solve problems and contributed to the total advancement of knowledge in the Islamic Golden Age.