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Masawaiyh

777 - 857

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Yuhanna ibn Masawaih (circa 777–857), (Arabic: يوحنا بن ماسويه), also written Ibn Masawaih, Masawaiyh, and in Latin Janus Damascenus, or Mesue, Masuya, Mesue Major, Msuya, and Mesuë the Elder was a Persian or Assyrian physician trained by Jabril ibn Bukhtishu who was a member of the Church of the East. from the Academy of Gondishapur. According to The Canon of Medicine for Avicenna and 'Uyun al-Anba for the medieval Arab historian ibn Abi Usaybi'a, Masawaiyh's father was Assyrian and his mother a Slav. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Masawaiyh is the 344th most popular physician (down from 316th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 230th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iranian Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Masawaiyh ranks 344 out of 726. Before him are Victor Babeș, Richard Wilhelm, Prospero Alpini, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Friedrich Hoffmann, and Horace Wells. After him are Podalirius, James Curtis Hepburn, Karl Genzken, Aëtius of Amida, Thomas Szasz, and Paul Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 777, Masawaiyh ranks 2. Before him is Pepin of Italy. After him is Khalifah ibn Khayyat. Among people deceased in 857, Masawaiyh ranks 2. Before him is Ziryab.

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    Ziryab

    MUSICIAN

    789 - 857

    HPI: 70.84

    Rank: 1

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    Masawaiyh

    PHYSICIAN

    777 - 857

    HPI: 62.29

    Rank: 2

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Masawaiyh ranks 232 out of 631. Before him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Esmail Ghaani (1957), Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amir Kabir (1807), Ibn al-Faqih (null), and Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919). After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Asadi Tusi (999), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Shapur IV (null), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), and Phraates I (-190).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Iran

Among physicians born in Iran, Masawaiyh ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), 'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (930), and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838). After him are Borzuya (500), and Homa Darabi (1940).

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