Abstract
This study aims at shedding light on the life of the philosopher Yacoub
bn Ishaq Al-Kindi without concerning itself with his thought and philosophy.
It is well known that al-kindi’s life has been the focus of many modern
Arab and orientalist scholars such as De Bore, Brokelman, and Mustafa
Abd Al-Razeq and others.
Those scholars offered an account of his life based on biographies. The
problem that faced everyone was the scarcity of information on al-kindi’s
life, thus it has not been possible to present an accurate account of it. This
prompted many scholars to degrade the philosophical importance of al-Kindi
due to lack of information about many details of his life compared
with other philosophers.
We would not have attempted to examine al-kindi’s life and we didn‘t locat
new texts that fill some of the gaps in al-kindi’s life. This has meant
a fresh account of life that includes the date and place of his birth and
death, his work in Baghdad and his intellectual and political circle.