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Avicenna
Avicenna, Ibn Sina, was a Persian philosopher and physician born near Bukhara under the Samanids. His Canon of Medicine was a standard medical textbook in the Islamic world and Europe for centuries, and his Book of Healing shaped later philosophy. He served several courts, including Gurganj and the Kakuyid ruler Ala al-Dawla at Isfahan, where he was vizier.
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