Database: Fazil Fahim al-Kemsa

"Science is the noblest purpose, knowledge the greatest power."

Apprenticed to a bookseller, Fazil devoured every text he could get his hands on. His outstanding intellect earned him a place in the House of Wisdom, where his scholarship and celebrity grew—as did his ego. A fixture in the House's hallowed halls for over seventy years, Fazil was known throughout Baghdad as the Great Scholar.