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Overview
Yahya ibn Sarafiyun, in the early days of the state, all of whose compositions were in Syriac; his two medical books were translated into Arabic — the Greater Kunnash of Yuḥanna in twelve discourses and the Lesser Kunnash in seven. 2
Connections
- Lived in
- al-Sham (Greater Syria)
People and things also explored
Al-Daraqutni journeys to al-Sham and Egypt and composes the Musnad for Ibn Hinzaba, about 350/961· Strife between the Franks and the Armenians· Frankish seaborne raid on the coast and the truce· Frankish raids on Syria· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's hadith journeys to the Hijaz, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, c. 215/830· Al-Nasa'i's hadith journeys through Khurasan, Iraq, al-Sham, Egypt, the Hijaz and the Jazira, after 240/854· The Prophet's trade journey to Syria with Khadija's goods· The Daja'ima (Banu Salih)
Sources
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim , p. 413
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islam.museum contributors. “Yahya Ibn Sarafiyun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yahya-ibn-sarafiyun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-14.
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