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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Type Figure Region Persia Time 980–1037 Also known as Avicenna、Abu Ali al-Husayn ibn Sina、阿维森纳

Ibn Sina (980–1037), a Persian-born scholar widely regarded as the most outstanding of the Islamic world, known in the West as Avicenna, author of Th…

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  1. 980–997Bukhara · TransoxianaHe completed his education in Islamic law, logic, medicine, and philosophy in Bukhara; as a youth he gained fame by curing a Samanid emir, laying the foundation for his later encyclopedic writings.
  2. 998–1014Jirj and Ray · IranLeaving Bukhara due to political changes, he traveled through Jirj and Ray practicing medicine and teaching, began systematically writing philosophical and scientific works such as The Book of Healing, and participated in local politics.
  3. 1015–1030Hamadan · IranHe served as chancellor in Hamadan while continuing medical and philosophical research, completing the main body of The Canon of Medicine; later he moved to Isfahan, where under the patronage of Sultan Ala al-Dawla he concentrated on writing and teaching.
  4. 1030–1037Hamadan · IranHe returned to Hamadan for his final years, continuing to revise his works and practice medicine; he died of illness in 1037. His works reached Europe through Latin translations and had a far-reaching influence.

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