THE GREAT SCHOLAR OF THE MAMUNİDS PALACE: ʿABU SAHL ISĀ B. YAḤYĀ AL MASİHİ, THE TEACHER OF IBN SİNA AND BİRUNİ, AND HİS UNDİSCOVERED SCİENTİFİC HERİTAGE
Keywords:
al Masihi, Memunids- Harizm- Medicine History-İbn Sina- BiruniAbstract
The greatest and most remarkable works of the history of Islamic science after Abbasid Baghdad were written in the Samanid Bukhara and the Harizm Ma'munid environment that took over its legacy. They held discussions in a creative scientific environment with famous geniuses such as Ibn Sina and Biruni, as well as physics scholars such as Masihi and Ibn Hammar, and produced lasting works. Abu-Sahl al-Masihi (died circa 1010 AD) was one of the physicians in that period who had great influence on the progress of medicine, astronomy, philosophy by his own writings as well as his influence on great scholars like Biruni and Avicenna as their teacher He was a polymath and had many writings in various fields of science, in particular medical sciences. As a sign of his impact in medicine, astronmie many later physicians (until 19th century) referred to and cited his works in their manuscripts several times. His life, his relations with the Mamuni dynasty, the scientific environment in Harizm, the scientists he interacted with, and the works he wrote constitute the subject of this study.
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