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Also known as Abu al-Hasan Bahmanyar ibn al-Marzuban, Abu al-Husayn Bahmanyar ibn al-Marzuban, Bahmanyar, Abu'l-Hasan Bahmanyar

Abu al-Hasan (or Abu al-Husayn) Bahmanyar ibn al-Marzban, better simply known as Bahmanyar (; died 1066) was an Iranian scholar, who is mainly known as one of the most prominent pupils of Avicenna (d. 1037).

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Seljuk Empire
Occupation
writer
Student of
Avicenna
Doctoral student
Omar Khayyám
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İsmailiyye palace Bust of Bahmanyar Al-Azerbaijani.JPG
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date of death
1067-00-00
date of birth
0993-01-01
influenced by
Avicenna
name in native language
ابوالحسن بهمنیار بن مرزبان
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Abu al-Hasan (or Abu al-Husayn) Bahmanyar ibn al-Marzban, better simply known as Bahmanyar (; died 1066) was an Iranian scholar, who is mainly known as one of the most prominent pupils of Avicenna (d. 1037).

== Background == Bahmanyar was from a Zoroastrian family, reportedly from Azerbaijan in northern Iran. His father may have been the Bavandid prince al-Marzuban, who ruled in Mazandaran in the late 10th-century, and was the author of the Marzban-nama. Bahmanyar's knowledge of Arabic was not perfect.

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