Abū Al-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Husayn ibn Hindū was a Persian poet, a man of letters, and a practitioner of Galenic medicine coming from Rey.
Academics born in the 940s 6
About this person
Abū Al-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Husayn ibn Hindū was a Persian poet, a man of letters, and a practitioner of Galenic medicine coming from Rey. Scholars have posited multiple explanations for his name, including that he was Persian and from Hindujān, his possible Indian heritage, and that he was an Arab descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 942 to 1019 · aged 77
Written about in
10 languages
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