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Results (619)

ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr — Names: ʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn NaṣrʿAbd Yashūʿ ibn Naṣr, physician of al-HādīURI: https://usaybia.net/person/50
al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf — Names: al-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsufal-ʿĀmirī, Abū l-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf (d. 381/992), philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/502
Amqat — Names: AmqatAmqat, Indian physician at court of Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/506
Anaxagoras — Names: AnaxagorasAnaxagoras, Pre-socratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/516
Anaximander — Names: AnaximanderAnaximander, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/517
Anaximenes — Names: AnaximenesAnaximenes, early Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/518
Anchialus — Names: AnchialusAnchialus, Empiricist physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/522
Andī — Names: AndīAndī, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/523
Andreas — Names: AndreasAndreas, personal physician of Ptolemy PhilopatorURI: https://usaybia.net/person/524
Andromachus the Elder — Names: Andromachus the ElderAndromachus the Elder, personal physician of NeroURI: https://usaybia.net/person/526
Andromachus the Younger — Names: Andromachus the YoungerAndromachus the Younger, 1st-c. physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/527
Ankar — Names: AnkarAnkar, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/531
Anqīlāwus — Names: AnqīlāwusAnqīlāwus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/533
Antimachus — Names: AntimachusAntimachus, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/536
Antipater of Halasarna Names: Antipater of HalasarnaAntipater of Halasarna, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/538
Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia) Names: Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia)Antipater of Maṣṣīṣā (Mopsuestia), 2nd-c. ＡⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/539
Antiphon — Names: AntiphonAntiphon, legendary physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/540
Antyllus — Names: AntyllusAntyllus, 2nd-c. Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/543
Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium) — Names: Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium)Apollonius (perh. of Alexandria, or of Citium), physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/548
ʿAbdūs the Physician — Names: ʿAbdūs the PhysicianʿAbdūsʿAbdūs the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/55
Apollonius of Tyana — Names: Apollonius of TyanaApollonius of Tyana, Neopythagorean holyman and philosopher of 1st-c. ＡⅮ, authority on occult in later traditionsURI: https://usaybia.net/person/550
Archelaus — Names: ArchelausArchelaus, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/553
Archigenes — Names: ArchigenesArchigenes, Pneumatist physician under TrajanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/554
Archytas — Names: ArchytasArchytas, philosopher of TarentumURI: https://usaybia.net/person/558
ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physician — Names: ʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianʿAbdūs ibn ZaydʿAbdūs ibn Zayd physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/56
Aristotle — Names: AristotleAristotle, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/565
Arius — Names: AriusArius, nicknamed ‘the Critic’, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/567
Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥasan (Asʿad al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ḥasan) — Names: Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥasan (Asʿad al-Dīn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Abī l-Ḥasan)Asʿad al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤasanAsʿad al Dīn ibn Abī l Ḥasan Asʿad al Dīn ʿAbd al ʿAzīz ibn Abī l Ḥasan 570 635 1174 1237 one of a...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/572
Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb — Names: Aṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-ṬabībAṣbagh ibn Yaḥyā al-Ṭabīb, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/573
Asclepiades — Names: AsclepiadesAsclepiades, late 2nd/early 1st-c. BC physician at RomeURI: https://usaybia.net/person/574
Asclepiades the Second — Names: Asclepiades the SecondAsclepiades the Second, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/575
Asclepiads — Names: AsclepiadsAsclepiads, ancient Greek physicians claiming descent from or adherence to AsclepiusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/576
Asclepius the Second — Names: Asclepius the SecondAsclepius the Second, legendary ancient Greek physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/577
Aulinus — Names: AulinusAulinus, physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/588
ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī — Names: ʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-IsraʾīlīʿAwn Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn al-ʿĀzār al-Israʾīlī, physician in the service of al-Muʿizz liDīn Allāh (d. 363/973)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/591
Aʿyan ibn Aʿyan — Names: Aʿyan ibn AʿyanAʿyan ibn Aʿyan, Egyptian physician (d. 385/995)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/594
Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash — Names: Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-AbrashAyyūb, known as al-AbrashAyyūb al-Ruhāwī (Job of Edessa) al-Abrash, Syriac polymath, Christian physician and translator of Galen (d. ca. 835)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/596
al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad — Names: al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmadal-Badīʿ al-Aṣṭurlābī (Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad al-Baghdādī)al-Badīʿ (`or` Badīʿ al-Zamān) al-Asṭurlābī, Abū l-Qāsim Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Aḥmad, physician and poet (d. 534/1139)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/605
Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk — Names: Badr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī BaʿlabakkBadr al-Dīn ibn Qāḍī Baʿlabakk, physician, transmitterURI: https://usaybia.net/person/609
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-SāʿātīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Sāʿātī, poet, brother of physician Fakhr al-Dīn RiḍwānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/614
Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī — Names: Bahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-MakhzūmīBahāʾ al-Dīn Abū l-Thanāʾ Maḥmūd ibn Abī l-Faḍl Manṣūr ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṭabarī al-Makhzūmī, judge and physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/615
Bākahr — Names: BākahrBākahr, an otherwise unrecorded Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/620
al-Bālisī — Names: al-Bālisīal-Bālisī, physician during Ikshidid dynasty (active 355/966)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/624
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-JayyānīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Jayyānī, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/63
Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī) — Names: Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī)Bar Hebraeus (Abū l-Faraj ibn al-ʿIbrī), Syriac Orthodox historian, philosopher and translator (d. 685/1286)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/634
al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān — Names: al-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn SinānAbū ʿAbdullāh Muhammad ibn Dschābir ibn Sinān al-Harrānī as-Sābī al-Battānīal-Battānīal-Battānī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān (d. 317/929), astrologer and mathematicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/639
Abū l-ʿAbbās al-Kanbanārī — Names: Abū l-ʿAbbās al-KanbanārīAbū l-ʿAbbās al-Kanbanārī, Aḥmad ibn Abī ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad, Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/64
al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-Andalusī — Names: al-Bayyāsī (`or` al-Bayāsī), Amīn al-Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al-AndalusīAbū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā al-Bayyāsīal Bayyāsī `or` al Bayāsī Amīn al Dīn Abū Zakariyyā Yaḥyā ibn Ismāʿīl al Andalusī Egyptian physician in Damascus teacher of Asʿad al Dīn...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/642
Binyāmīn — Names: BinyāmīnBinyāmīn, teacher of Abū Bishr Mattā ibn YūnānURI: https://usaybia.net/person/644
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JibrīlBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jibrīl, member of family of Christian physicians (d. 257/870)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/656
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn JūrjisBukhtīshūʿ ibn Jūrjis, physician to Hārūn al-RashīdURI: https://usaybia.net/person/657
Bukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā — Names: Bukhtīshūʿ ibn YūḥannāBukhtīshūʿ ibn Yūḥannā, physician to al-Muqtadir bi-Allāh and al-Rāḍī bi-AllāhURI: https://usaybia.net/person/658
Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif) — Names: Bulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif)Bulmuẓaffar ibn MuʿarrifBulmuẓaffar ibn Muʿarrif (Bulmuẓaffar Naṣr ibn Maḥmūd ibn al-Muʿarrif), Egyptian physician and poet (active 534/1140)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/659
Būlus ibn Ḥanūn — Names: Būlus ibn ḤanūnBūlus ibn Ḥanūn, physician in entourage of Abū DulafURI: https://usaybia.net/person/660
Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak) — Names: Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)Caraka (also Sharak, Sīrk, or Jarak)– Indian physician, author of `Carakasaṃhitā`URI: https://usaybia.net/person/670
Cassius the Egyptian — Names: Cassius the EgyptianCassius the Egyptian, 5th-c. ＡⅮ physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/671
Chrysermus — Names: ChrysermusChrysermus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/673
Chrysippus — Names: ChrysippusChrysippus, 3rd-c. BC Stoic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/674
Cleinias of Tarentum Names: Cleinias of TarentumCleinias of Tarentum, Pythagorean philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/676
Crito — Names: CritoCrito, court physician of the emperor TrajanURI: https://usaybia.net/person/683
Dāhir — Names: DāhirDāhir, otherwise unknown Indian physician and scholarURI: https://usaybia.net/person/688
Damascius — Names: DamasciusDamascius, 5th–6th-c. ＡⅮ Neoplatonist philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/690
Dāniyāl the Physician — Names: Dāniyāl the PhysicianDāniyāl the Physician, physician in service of Muʿīzz al-DawlahURI: https://usaybia.net/person/693
Dāwūd ibn Daylam — Names: Dāwūd ibn DaylamDāwūd ibn Daylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/699
Dāwūd ibn Ḥunayn — Names: Dāwūd ibn ḤunaynDāwūd ibn Ḥunayn, physician son of Ḥunayn ibn IsḥāqURI: https://usaybia.net/person/700
Daylam — Names: DaylamDaylam, physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/704
Democrates the Second — Names: Democrates the SecondDemocrates the Second, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/706
Democritus of Abdera — Names: Democritus of AbderaDemocritus of Abdera, late-5th-c. founder of Atomist philosophyURI: https://usaybia.net/person/707
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, Dogmatic physician of late antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/713
Diocles — Names: DioclesDiocles, 3rd–2nd-c. BC mathematician and geometerURI: https://usaybia.net/person/714
Diogenes — Names: DiogenesDiogenes, Greek Cynic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/715
Dioscorides the Oculist — Names: Dioscorides the OculistDioscorides the Oculist, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/721
Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn YazīdAbū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd, Andalusian physician and poetURI: https://usaybia.net/person/73
Empedocles of Agrigentum — Names: Empedocles of AgrigentumEmpedocles of Agrigentum, Presocratic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/736
Epicurus — Names: EpicurusEpicurus, Athenian philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/738
Epicurus — Names: EpicurusEpicurus, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/739
Eudemus — Names: EudemusEudemus, 2nd-c. Peripatetic philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/744
Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-Thaqafī — Names: Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-ThaqafīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Mālik al-ThaqafīAbū ʿAbd Allāh al-Malik al-Thaqafī Andalusian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/75
Euphanes — Names: EuphanesEuphanes, Greek philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/750
Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-Rayy — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī, Ibn Khaṭīb al-RayyIbn Khaṭīb al-Rayy (Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī)Fakhr al Dīn al Rāzī Ibn Khaṭīb al Rayy The Son of the Preacher of Rayy philosopher and theologian author of the monumental Qurʾanic...URI: https://usaybia.net/person/762
Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī — Names: Fakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn [Riḍwān] ibn al-SāʿātīFakhr al-Dīn Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Rustam al-Khurāsānī al-Sāʿātī, physician, clock-maker and littérateurURI: https://usaybia.net/person/763
Fannūn, Abū Naṣr — Names: Fannūn, Abū NaṣrFannūn the PhysicianFannūn, Abū Naṣr, the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/764
al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān — Names: al-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn ṬarkhānAbū Naṣr al-Fārābīal-Fārābī, Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Ūzlūgh ibn Ṭarkhān, philosopher and scholar of music (ca. 256–338/870–950)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/765
Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir — Names: Fatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-ḤawāfirFatḥ al-Dīn ibn Jamāl al-Dīn ibn Abī l-Ḥawāfir, Egyptian physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/773
Favorinus of Arelate Names: Favorinus of ArelateFavorinus of Arelate, 2nd-c. ＡⅮ Roman philosopherURI: https://usaybia.net/person/775
Furāt ibn Shaḥāthā — Names: Furāt ibn ShaḥāthāFurāt ibn Shaḥāthā, Jewish physician serving ʿĪsā ibn Mūsā ibn MuḥammadURI: https://usaybia.net/person/781
Furius — Names: FuriusFurius, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/782
Furnus — Names: FurnusFurnus, physician of antiquity, pupil of Plato the PhysicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/783
Galen/Jālīnūs — Names: Galen/JālīnūsGalen/Jālīnūs, physician to emperors Marcus Aurelius, Commodus, Septimius SeverusURI: https://usaybia.net/person/786
Gallus of Emesa — Names: Gallus of EmesaGallus of Emesa, physician of antiquityURI: https://usaybia.net/person/788
Gessius — Names: GessiusGessius, late-antique physicianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/791
Ghālib — Names: GhālibGhālib, the Physician of al-MuʿtaḍidGhālib, physician of al-Muʿtaḍid (active 289/900)URI: https://usaybia.net/person/795
al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī — Names: al-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsīal-Ghazālī, Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (d. 505/1111), philosopher and theologianURI: https://usaybia.net/person/797

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