Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani

Abū 'Ubayd al-Jūzjānī, (d.1070),[1] (ابو عبيد جوزجانی) was a Persian physician and chronicler from what is now Jowzjan Province in Afghanistan.

He was the famous pupil of Avicenna, whom he first met in Gorgan.[2] He spent many years with his master in Isfahan, becoming his lifetime companion. After Avicenna's death, he completed Avicenna's Autobiography with a concluding section.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Science, Medicine and Technology, Ahmad Dallal, The Oxford History of Islam, ed. John L. Esposito, (Oxford University Press, 1999), 171.
  2. ↑ Ibn Sina (1974). The Life of Ibn Sina. SUNY Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-87395-226-X.
  3. ↑ Adamson, Peter (7 July 2016). Philosophy in the Islamic World: A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. Oxford University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-19-957749-1.
  • Dhanani, Alnoor (2007). "Jūzjānī: Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd al‐Wāḥid ibn Muḥammad al‐Jūzjānī". In Thomas Hockey; et al. The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. pp. 604–5. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. (PDF version)
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