Sinan ibn Thabit
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Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra سنان بن ثابت بن قرة ) was an ethnic Mandean physician
and a Sabian who later converted to Islam
. He was the son of Thabit ibn Qurra
and the father of Ibrahim ibn Sinan
.
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and a Sabian who later converted to Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
. He was the son of Thabit ibn Qurra
Thabit ibn Qurra
' was a mathematician, physician, astronomer and translator of the Islamic Golden Age.Ibn Qurra made important discoveries in algebra, geometry and astronomy...
and the father of Ibrahim ibn Sinan
Ibrahim ibn Sinan
Ibrahim ibn Sinan ibn Thabit ibn Qurra was a Syriac speaking Mandean from Harran in northern Mesopotamia/Assyria. He was mathematician and astronomer who studied geometry and in particular tangents to circles. He also made advances in the theory of integration...
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