Avicenna
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Ibn Sina, commonly known in the West as Avicenna, was a preeminent philosopher and physician of the Muslim world. He was a seminal figure of the Islamic Golden Age, serving in the courts of various Ir
Modern portrait of Ibn Sina, National Library of Medicine (1952)
Coin of Majd al-Dawla (r. 997–1029), the amir (ruler) of the Buyid branch of Ray
Coin of Ala al-Dawla Muhammad (r. 1008–1041), the Kakuyid ruler of Isfahan
The Mausoleum of Avicenna, Hamadan, Iran
Majd al-Dawla
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Abu Talib Rustam, commonly known by his laqab of Majd al-Dawla, was the last amir of the Buyid amirate of Ray from 997 to 1029. He was the eldest son of Fakhr al-Dawla. A weak ruler, he was a figurehe
Coin of Shams al-Dawla (r. 997–1021), the younger brother of Majd al-Dawla and ruler of Hamadan and Qirmisin
Coin of the Ghaznavid ruler Mahmud (r. 998–1030), who overthrew Majd al-Dawla