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How did Avicenna become a court physician in Bukhara?
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Avicenna
The title page of the 1556 edition of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine (Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb). This edition (sometimes called the 1556 Basel edition) was translated by medieval scholar Gerard of Cremona.
Avicenna became a court physician in Bukhara after successfully treating the sultan of Bukhara, whose illness had baffled the existing court physicians.1
Following this successful cure, the sultan expressed his gratitude by granting Avicenna access to the royal Sāmānid library. This opportunity provided him with an extensive collection of works on science and philosophy, which significantly aided his intellectual development.1