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List of medieval and pre-modern Iranian doctors

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Reference excerpt

The following is a non-comprehensive list of Iranian doctors that lived from medieval times up until the beginning of the modern age. By "Iranian", all the peoples of historic Persia are meant, i.e., what is today Iran, Afghanistan, and all the countries of Central Asia ("common modern definition") that were historically part of the Persian empire, whether or not such people were ethnic Persians or Iranians. In some cases, their exact ancestry is unclear. They may have emigrated or immigrated, and thus may appear in other "Lists of", but nevertheless their names and work are somehow linked to the words "Iranian" and/or "Persian".

A Abdolrahman, Sheikh Muhammad Abhari, mathematician Ahmad ibn Farrokh Ahmad Ibn Imad ul-din and chemist Al-Qumri, Persian physician Al-Nafis, Persian physician Amuli, Muhammad ibn Mahmud Aqa-Kermani Aqsara'i Arzani, Muqim Astarabadi Avicenna (Ibn Sina), philosopher

B Bukhtishu, Persian Christian physicians of Academy of Gundishapur Bukhtishu, Abdollah ibn Bukhtishu, Gabriel ibn Bukhtishu, Yuhanna Burzoe, aka Borzouyeh-i Tabib of Academy of Gundishapur

C Ctesias

E Esfarayeni

G Gilani, Hakim, royal physician Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician Gorgani, Rustam Gorgani e Masihi, see Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master

H Hajji Zayn al-Attar Hakim Ghulam Imam Hakim Muhammad Mehdi Naqi Hakim Muhammad Sharif Khan Haly Abbas, prominent physician Harawi, Muhammad ibn Yusuf Hasani, Qavameddin

J Jaghmini Jaldaki Juzjani, Abu Ubaid

K Kazerouni, Masoud Kermani, Iwad Khazeni, Abolfath, physicist Khorasani, Sultan Ali

M Majusi, Ibn Abbas Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master Muwaffaq, Abu mansur, pharmacologist Masawaiyh or Masuya

N Nagawri Nakhshabi Natili Tabari Neishaburi Nurbakhshi Nikpour

O Ostanes

Q Qazwini, Zakariya

R Razi, Zakariya (Rhazes), chemist and physicist, discoverer of Alcohol

S Sahl, Shapur ibn Samarqandi, Najibeddin Shahrazuri, philosopher and physician Shirazi, Imad al-Din Mas'ud Shirazi, Muhammad Hadi Khorasani Shirazi, Mahmud ibn Ilyas Shirazi, Najm al-Din Mahmud ibn Ilyas Shirazi, Qurayshi Sijzi, Mas'ud

T Tabari, Abul Hasan Tabari, Ibn Sahl, Jewish convert physician Master of Rhazes Tabrizi, Maqsud Ali Tunakabuni Tughra'i

V Amin al-Din Rashid al-Din Vatvat, scholar and physician

See also List of Iranian scientists Nizamiyya Academy of Gondishapur Modern Iranian scientists and engineers List of universities in Iran Darolfonoon Higher education in Iran Islamic scholars Ophthalmology in medieval Islam Astronomy in Islam

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