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His contact with the preachers of Ismaili doctrine then in full swing in Persia, seemed to have attracted the study of philosophy. 28-9) that, "His teachers in philosophy are not known to us. Abdul Muid Khan, however, writes in Some Aspects of the Arabian Writings of the Philosopher Ibn Sina (cf. Ibn Sina learnt logic and mathematics from his teacher an-Natili, mysticism from Ismail al-Sufi and medicine from Isa bin Yahya, but it cannot be ascertained who had taught him philosophy. Abdullah and his sons also embraced Ismailism and their residence had become the rendezvous of the Ismaili mission. Next he embarked upon the fields of physics, metaphysics and medicine, and at the age of 16 years he was well steeped in all the sciences of his days.Īt about this time, through out Iran, particularly in the vicinity of Bukhara and the eastern regions, the Ismaili mission and proselytism were at their height. Ibn Sina can be described a very gifted child prodigy and learnt the Koran at the age of 10 years, and also mastered the logic and mathematics. During the rule of Nuh bin Mansur (366-387/976-997), Abdullah was posted to Bukhara as a revenue collector. His father Abdullah hailed from Balkh and was in the service of the Samanid court.


He gained the titles of Shaikh al-Ra'is (leader among the wise men) and Hujjat al-Haq (proof of God), displayed a remarkable aptitude for learning from an early age. He was an encyclopeadist, philosopher, physiologist, physician, mathematician, astronomer, logician and poet. "Abu Ali ibn Sina, Ibn Sina or Avicenna, known in the West as Prince of Physicians, was born in 370/980 in the village of Afshana near Bukhara. Encyclopaedia of Ismailism by Mumtaz Ali Tajddin
