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Works on music: al-Shifa, al-Najat, Danishnama-yi Ala'i (music sections)
Student: Ibn Zayla
Life
Avicenna was born in the village of Afshana near Bukhara and died in Hamadan, where he was buried. Known as a physician and philosopher, he counted music among the riyazi (mathematics-based) and educational sciences. The music sections of his works al-Shifa, al-Najat and the Persian Danishnama-yi Ala'i are among the principal sources that carry the 11th-century understanding of tones and intervals to the present day. His student Ibn Zayla also wrote a book on music following his path.[1, 2]
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Ebû Abdullah en-NâtilîEbû Sehl Mesîhîİsmâil ez-ZâhidKumrîMahmûd el-Messâh
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Ali ibn Yusuf al-IlaqiBehmenyar b. MerzübanEbû Abdullah el-Ma‘sûmîEbû Ubeyd el-CûzcânîIbn Abi Sadiqİbn Zeyle
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