Muhammad Ali Astarabadi

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Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn Ali al-Astarabadi was a 15th-century Persian physician from Astarabad, Golestan, Persia. [1]

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In 1427, he wrote his well-known commentary on Jaghmini's summary of The Canon of Medicine of Avicenna. Astarabadi dedicated it to Prince Murtada.

Little else is known of his life.

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References

  1. Decline of Muslim States and Societies: The Real Root Causes and What Can Be ... page : 267 : "Hussain al-Astarabadi of Golestan, Persia, wrote a commentary on Jaghmini's Qanunshah"

Founder of the Horufi sect.