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Region: Persia & Central Asia
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Afshana: a village near Bukhara, where Ibn Sina was born.

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Birthplace of: Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

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Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān· Ibn Sina travels west to Gorgan· Ibn Sina enters Buyid service at Rayy· Ibn Sina withdraws to Khuzistan· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· Abu Abdallah al-Natili· al-Farabi· ابن رشد الحفيد

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islam.museum contributors. “Afshana”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/afshana/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān

At Gurgān near the Caspian al-Bīrūnī joined Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr's court, met Ibn Sīnā there and exchanged a sharp philosophical correspondence with him, and dedicated his Chronology of Ancient Nations to Qābūs.