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Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c. 980–1037)

Also known as: Abitianus, Aboû Alî al-Hosain ibn Abdallâh ibn Sînâ, Abū Alī al-Husain ibn Abdullāh ibn Sīnā, Ibn Sīnā, Pūr-i Sīnā, Ибн Сина

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