Ibn al-Jazzar
895 CE–979 CE · Kairouan
Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Khālid ibn al-Jazzār al-Qayrawani (895–979) (Arabic: أبو جعفر أحمد بن أبي خالد بن الجزار القيرواني), was a 10th-century Arab Muslim physician who became famous for his writings on Islamic medicine. He was born in Qayrawan in Tunisia. He was known in Europe by the Latinized name Algizar.
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KairouanקירואןIfriqiya (Tunisia)
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Major North African Jewish center of the 10c-11c. Home of R. Chananel ben Chushiel and R. Nissim Gaon, who served as the bridge between the Babylonian Geonim and the Sephardi Rishonim.
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- Nikephoros II Phokas· 912 CE–969 CE
- Otto I the Great· 912 CE–973 CE
- Olga of Kiev· 890 CE–969 CE
- al-Hakam II· 915 CE–976 CE
- Abd al-Rahman III· 890 CE–961 CE
- al-Radi· 909 CE–940 CE
- Emperor Taizu of Song (Zhao Kuangyin)· 927 CE–976 CE
- al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah· 893 CE–946 CE
- Svyatoslav I of Kiev· 943 CE–972 CE
- al-Muqtadir· 895 CE–932 CE
- Sabuktigin· –997 CE
- Igor of Kiev· 877 CE–945 CE
- Taejo of Goryeo (Wang Geon)· 877 CE–943 CE
- Yaropolk I of Kiev· 958 CE–980 CE
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