'Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu

Abu Sa'id 'Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu (980–1060), also spelled Bukhtishu, Bukhtyashu, and Bakhtshooa in many texts, was an 11th-century Syriac physician, descendant of Bakhtshooa Gondishapoori. He spoke the Syriac language.[1]

Abdullah Ibn Bakhtishu with a student.

He was the last representative of the Bukhtyashu family of Nestorian Christian physicians, who emigrated from Jundishapur to Baghdad in 765. His main works are the Reminder of the Homestayer, dealing with the philosophical terms used in medicine, and a treatise on lovesickness.

Notes
  1. "Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts: Greek Influences". Nlm.nih.gov. 1998-04-15. Retrieved 2010-02-08.

References
  • Ibn Bakhtīshūʻ, ʻUbayd Allāh ibn Jibrāʼīl.; Kahl, Oliver; Bos, Gerrit (2018). ʻUbaidallah Ibn Buhtišuʻ on Apparent Death: The Kitab Taḥrīm Dafn Al-aḥyāʼ, Arabic Edition and English Translation. Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-37231-3. OCLC 1040081222.
  • C. Brocklmann: Encyclopaedia of Islam (t. 1, 601, 1911).

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