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866–925 · Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)

Also known as: Rhazes, Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Al-Razi, Ar-Razi, Ibn Zakaria, Ibn Zakariya

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