Avicenna in Hamadan, Iran
Ibn Sina often known in the west as Avicenna was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age. He has been described as the father of early modern medicine.
The tomb of Avicenna is located in Hamadan and today it is one of the most important attractions in Hamadan or Ekbatana. It is considered as the symbol of this city and it is one of the hallmarks of Iran’s history in the world of culture and science.
Abu Ali Sina or Avicenna as he was known in the West, was on of the greatest polymaths of the world. He is regarded as one of the most significant physicians, astronomers, thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden age and the father of early modern medicine. His most famous works are The Book of Healing, a philosophical and scientific encyclopaedia, and The Canon of Medicine, a medical encyclopaedia which became a standard medical text at many medieval universities and remained in use as late as 1650 . Avicenna was born c. 980 in Afshana, a village near Bukhara in Uzbekistan and died at the age of 56 in 1037 and was buried in the city of Hamadan.
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