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ABÚ ALÍ AL HUSAYN IBN SINA KNOWN IN THE WEST AS AVICENNA CAME FROM AFSHANA A CENTRAL ASIAN CITY OF THE ISLAMIC ABBASID CALIPHATE WHEN THEY MOVED TO THE CAPITAL BUKHARA ALÍ READ AND MEMORIZED THE QURAN AND STUDIED MUSLIM LITERATURE HE WAS BORN IN THE YEAR 980 CE OR THE YEAR 369 OF THE MUSLIM CALENDAR HIS FATHER WAS GOVERNOR OF THE CITY OF KHARMAYTHAN HE WANTED TO PROVIDE A GOOD EDUCATION FOR BOTH ALI AND HIS BROTHER MAHMUD HE LEARNED ARITHMETIC FROM A MERCHANT WHO WAS AN EXPERT IN THE INDIAN NUMBER SYSTEM SUTT AND STUDIED ISLAMIC LAW WITH ISMAIL AL ZAHID A SCHOLAR FROM THE CITY
