Explanation of Avicenna’s Personality and Works from the Point of View of His Unknown Student, Abu Muḥammad ʿAbdullāh al-ʾAzdī

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1 Department of history of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical sciences, Sari, Iran

2 Department of Islamic Thought, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

3 Educational Development Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

Abstract

Avicenna’s is well known in the world as one of the famous physicians and philosophers. After the publication of the book Al-Mā’a authored by Abu Muḥammad al-ʾAzdī (d. 456 AH), it became clear that Abu Muḥammad al-ʾAzdī was one of Avicenna’s students. In his book, ʾAzdī has mentioned Avicenna nearly a hundred times as his teacher in medicine. The recognition of Avicenna is followed in this study from the point of view of ʾAzdī.
This research employs a content analysis method with a historical-descriptive and analytical approach, utilizing library resources for data collection. The process of data collection primarily focuses on the book Al-Mā’a (three volumes). This study was carried out in multiple stages of finding keywords, searching in the text of Kitab al-Mā’a, the historical books, and Islamic encyclopedias, as supplementary data (to find the related data), along with searching in Persian and Latin electronic databases, categorizing, sorting, and analyzing the content.
There are numerous quotations from Avicenna in the book Al-Mā’a written by ʾAzdī. New data is obtained from the mentioned book that needs more attention. ʾAzdī has interpreted the medical approach of his master. His work contains unique medical insights attributed to Avicenna that do not appear in Avicenna’s extant works, such as the Canon of Medicine. By migrating to Andalusia and staying in Balansīya (now Valencia), ʾAzdī introduced Avicenna and his Canon of Medicine and other works there.

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Journal of Research on History of Medicine
Volume 14, Issue 3
August 2025
Pages 187-198

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