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Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (full name: أبو بکر محمد بن زکریاء الرازي, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī), [a] c. 864 or 865–925 or 935 CE, [b] often known as (al-)Razi or by his Latin name Rhazes, also rendered Rhasis, was a Persian physician, philosopher and alchemist who lived during the Islamic Golden Age.
al-Rāzī (born c. 854, Rayy, Persia [now in Iran]—died 925/935, Rayy) was a celebrated alchemist and Muslim philosopher who is also considered to have been the greatest physician of the Islamic world.
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May 19, 2021 · 1. Life and Works. Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakariyyāʾ al-Rāzī made his fame mostly as a doctor. As his name “al-Rāzī” indicates, he hailed from the Persian city of Rayy, near modern-day Tehran. His biographers report that he ran a hospital there, and another in Baghdad.
Al-Razi (Rhazes) Al-Razi was a doctor who helped to plan the building of a hospital in Baghdad, in modern-day Iraq. This was the first documented general hospital in the world and it opened...
The Persian physician al-Razi (ca. 865-925), also known as Rhazes, prepared compilations that were influential in Western medicine for centuries. His monograph on smallpox and measles is still considered a medical classic.
Jul 5, 2017 · Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi known as Rhazes in the west was an Iranian scholar, researcher, physician, and alchemist. He was born in Rey, a city nearby Tehran. He lived from 865 to 925 [1,2,3].
Abu-Bakr Muhammed ibn Zakariya al-Razi (also transliterated as ar-Razi) was born around 854 in Ray, near the city of Teheran (the Persian Empire, now Iran). Al-Razi (in the Latinized West, Rhazes) achieved mastery in a number of fields, including philosophy, logic, poetry, and music.
