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Overview
Sabur ibn Sahl was the head of the hospital of Gundishapur, and a Christian, according to Ibn al-Nadim 2.
His learning
Ibn al-Nadim describes him as an accomplished and advanced scholar. He wrote the Aqrabadhin, on which hospitals and pharmacists' shops relied, in twenty-two chapters, and a book on the powers of foods, their harms and their benefits 2.
His death
He died on Monday, nine days before the end of Dhu al-Hijja in the year 255 AH 2.
Connections
- Lived in
- Jundishapur
People and things also explored
the Capitulation of Jundishapur (17 AH)· The Aman of Jundishapur· Bishr ibn al-Muhtafiz· Jibril ibn Bukhtishu ibn Jirjis· Jurjis Ibn Bakhtishu· Muhammad ibn Nuh al-Jundisaburi al-Madrub· Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar· Jundishapur
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p.413
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islam.museum contributors. “Sabur Ibn Sahl”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sabur-ibn-sahl/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-14.
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