Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan

ابن سينا وزيرًا لشمس الدولة بهمذان

1015 CE · c. 405 AH

Hamadan

In 1015, at Hamadan, Ibn Sina passed into the service of the Buyid amir Shams al-Dawla, who made him his vizier; he held the post until Shams al-Dawla died in 1021.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Hamadan

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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)· Hamadan· Abu al-Hayja sent against Hamadan· Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān· Conquest of Hamadan and Waj Rudh (22 AH)· Ibn Sina travels west to Gorgan· Ibn Sina enters Buyid service at Rayy· Ibn Sina withdraws to Khuzistan

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Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Persian polymath (c. 980–1037) whose Canon of Medicine and Book of Healing shaped medicine and philosophy across the Islamic world and Europe for centuries.