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Rayy

الري

An ancient city near present-day Tehran, among the largest cities of the Persian lands in the Abbasid era; the physician Abu Bakr al-Razi is ascribed to it.

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Persia & Central Asia
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islam.museum contributors. “Rayy”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/rayy/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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