A Note About the Ancestral Origin of Abu Al Husain Ibn Abdullah Ibn Sina, Avicenna (980-1037 CE).

Khan, Zahid Hussain; Minagar, Milad; Dehghan-Tezerjani, Mohammad; Javadi, Seyed Amir H · World Neurosurg · 2020

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Abstract

Avicenna, a great physician and polymath, made a tremendous contribution to our present-day medicine. His ancestral origin has been the subject of debate. In this short and concise article, we have endeavored to trace his ancestral roots and bring to light his exact origin and nationality.

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