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Rayy, an ancient city near today's Tehran, one of Persia's greatest cities in the Abbasid era, and the home of the physician Abu Bakr al-Razi.
Rayy, an ancient city near today's Tehran, one of Persia's greatest cities in the Abbasid era, and the home of the physician Abu Bakr al-Razi. Golius says it lies on a level plain against a smooth mountain, a day's journey northwest of Qumis, and that Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) subdued it in 13 AH per the text. Yaqut transmits that fighting between the Shafi'is and Hanafis ruined the city in 617 AH, and Golius says Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was born in Rayy and died there in 311 AH.
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Rayy, an ancient city near today's Tehran, one of Persia's greatest cities in the Abbasid era, and the home of the physician Abu Bakr al-Razi. Golius says Rayy lies on a level plain against a smooth mountain, a day's journey northwest of Qumis, and that Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) subdued it in 13 AH per the text. Yaqut transmits that fighting between the Shafi'is and Hanafis ruined the city in 617 AH. And Golius says Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi was born in Rayy and died there in 311 AH.
Overview
Rayy is an ancient city near present-day Tehran. It was among the greatest cities of Persia in the Abbasid era. The physician Abu Bakr al-Razi is attributed to it. 1
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- Visited by
- al-Sha'bi
- Place of death of
- Naser al-Din Shah Qajar
- Burial place of
- Naser al-Din Shah Qajar· Sattar Khan
- Ruled by
- Yazid ibn Hujayya al-Tamimi
- Site of
- the great ʿAjam earthquake — Iraq to beyond Rayy· Battle of Ray (1059)· The Conquest of Rayy and Qumis· Conquest of Rayy (22 AH)· death of al-Bahlawan — the Isfahan mazhab wars, the Rayy fitna, Tughril breaks free· Founding of al-Muhammadiyya at Rayy· Mahmud of Ghazna Enters Rayy, 420· Ibn Sina enters Buyid service at Rayy· Īldigiz takes al-Rayy· The Mongol Sweep through Jibal, Azerbaijan and Georgia· The Revolt of Sunbadh the Magian· The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH· The Death of Sultan Tutush near al-Rayy in 488
People and things also explored
Hamadan· Muhammad al-Mahdi· Ammar ibn Abi al-Khasib· Ammar ibn Yasir· Amr ibn Ma'dikarib· Hanzala ibn Zayd· Ibn Sina (Avicenna)· جهور بن مرّار العجلي
Sources
- GeoNames gazetteer
- al-Farghani, Elementa astronomica (Golius, Amsterdam 1669)
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islam.museum contributors. “Rayy”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/rayy/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.