In the history of medicine, "Islamic medicine", also known as "Arabian medicine" is the science of medicine developed in the Middle East, and usually written in Arabic, the lingua franca of Islamic ci
Folio from an Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides, De materia medica, 1229
16th century manuscript of the Al-Tibb al-Nabawi (Treatise on Prophetic Medicine) created for Ottoman emperor Suleiman the Magnificent
The Byzantine embassy of John the Grammarian in 829 to Al-Ma'mun (depicted left) from Theophilos (depicted right)
Scholars discuss medicine, from a medieval Islamic manuscript
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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