Ibn Sina dies at Hamadan; the Persian physician-philosopher's Canon of Medicine teaches medicine in Europe for centuries, and his Book of Healing sets the agenda of philosophy in Islam, framing the questions al-Ghazali answers and Ibn Rushd takes up again.
Tagged: Muslim Sunni Islam
The Event
- Date
- 1037 (exact)
- Era
- Abbasid; Standard periodization of Islamic history
- Location
- Hamadan; today Hamadan, Iran
- Traditions
- Islam
- Streams
- Sunni Islam
- Key figures
- Ibn Sina
- Key texts
- The Canon of Medicine, The Book of Healing
Primary Sources
- The Book of Healing
Secondary Sources
- Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path (Oxford, 4th ed. 2011)
- Berkey, The Formation of Islam: Religion and Society in the Near East, 600-1800 (Cambridge, 2003)
Provenance: HIST-0229; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-27.
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