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Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari

838 - 870

Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari

Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (Persian: علی ابن سهل ربن طبری آملی; c. 838 – c. 870 CE; also given as 810–855 or 808–864 also 783–858), was a Persian Muslim scholar, physician and psychologist, who produced one of the first Islamic encyclopedia of medicine titled Firdaws al-Hikmah ("Paradise of Wisdom"). Ali ibn Sahl spoke Syriac and Greek, the two sources of the medical tradition of Antiquity which had been lost by medieval Europe, and transcribed in meticulous calligraphy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari is the 309th most popular physician (down from 297th in 2019), the 216th most popular biography from Iran (up from 223rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Physician.

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Among physicians, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari ranks 309 out of 726. Before him are Mehmet Oz, William Osler, Michel-Gabriel Paccard, Antonio Maria Valsalva, John Latham, and John Hunter. After him are Grunya Sukhareva, Edward Bach, Edmond Locard, Franciscus Donders, Harry Seeley, and Bian Que.

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Among people born in 838, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari ranks 1. After him is Ibn Khuzayma. Among people deceased in 870, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari ranks 7. Before him are Muhammad al-Bukhari, Rastislav of Moravia, Piast the Wheelwright, Al-Muhtadi, Lü Dongbin, and Judith of Flanders.