Sinan Ibn Thabit
سنان بن ثابت بن قرة
Harranian physician (d. 331) — al-Qahir pressed him to convert; he fled, converted, and died Muslim in Baghdad 1
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Abu Sa'id Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra al-Harrani, a senior physician, mentioned by Ibn al-Nadim. The Caliph al-Qahir wanted to make him a Muslim, and he fled. Later he converted to Islam, and feared al-Qahir, so he went to Khurasan and then came back. He died in Baghdad a Muslim, at the beginning of Dhu al-Hijja in the year 331 AH 2.
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- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.421
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