Bukhara
Abu Ali ibn Sina was born in Afshana near Bukhara in 980 CE.
The Ash-Shifa Manuscript
Ibn Sina's greatest book — from Bukhara to Europe's libraries — in twelve cards.
The child
He memorized the Qur'an before ten and read logic, fiqh and medicine young.
The library
He cured Bukhara's emir, who opened the Samanid library for him to read at will.
The fire
The library burned one day and he grieved, but he kept what he read in his chest.
The wanderings
He moved between Jurjan, Rayy, Hamadan and Isfahan — physician and minister.
The book
He began the Book of Healing — an encyclopedia of logic, physics, mathematics and metaphysics.
The nights
He wrote at night; his student said he would not sleep until his task was done.
The size
Ash-Shifa runs to eighteen volumes — among the largest works a single person wrote.
The Canon
Before it he wrote the Canon of Medicine — medicine's reference east and west for centuries.
The preservation
The manuscripts of Ash-Shifa were copied by many hands, kept from Cordoba to Konya.
The translation
Translated to Latin at Cordoba, it was studied in Europe's schools into the seventeenth century.
The master
They called him the Chief Master; he died in Hamadan in 1037 — his book is still read.
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- Bukhara
Abu Ali ibn Sina was born in Afshana near Bukhara in 980 CE. - The child
He memorized the Qur'an before ten and read logic, fiqh and medicine young. - The library
He cured Bukhara's emir, who opened the Samanid library for him to read at will. - The fire
The library burned one day and he grieved, but he kept what he read in his chest. - The wanderings
He moved between Jurjan, Rayy, Hamadan and Isfahan — physician and minister. - The book
He began the Book of Healing — an encyclopedia of logic, physics, mathematics and metaphysics. - The nights
He wrote at night; his student said he would not sleep until his task was done. - The size
Ash-Shifa runs to eighteen volumes — among the largest works a single person wrote. - The Canon
Before it he wrote the Canon of Medicine — medicine's reference east and west for centuries. - The preservation
The manuscripts of Ash-Shifa were copied by many hands, kept from Cordoba to Konya. - The translation
Translated to Latin at Cordoba, it was studied in Europe's schools into the seventeenth century. - The master
They called him the Chief Master; he died in Hamadan in 1037 — his book is still read.