Jibril ibn Bukhtishu ibn Jirjis

Jibra'il ibn Bakhtishu ibn Jurjis, a physician who studied in the hospital of Jundishapur and served the caliphs, among them al-Rashid. He was born and lived in Jundishapur, and died around 215 AH. ¹

Al-Mas'udi relates that a fish was brought as a gift to al-Rashid from al-Hira, and Jibra'il prevented him from eating it. He placed pieces of it in three cups: over the first he poured wine, over the second water with ice, and he mixed the third with the colours of food. ²

When al-Rashid awoke, he found that the piece over which wine had been poured had broken up, that in the water had swollen, and that the one mixed with food had changed its smell and caused him a lethargy. He sent Jibra'il five thousand dinars and said: "Who would blame me for loving this man?" ²