Abu Zayd al-Balkhi ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی

July 11, 2024 By Post Off

Al-Balkhi is believed to have been the first to diagnose that mental illness can have psychological and physiological causes.

Full Name: Abu Zayd Ahmed ibn Sahl Balkhi .

Arabic: ابو زید احمد بن سهل بلخی

Born: 850 AD.

Died: 934 AD.

Origin: Shamistiyan, Balkh, Khorasan (modern day northern Afghanistan).

Famous for: Geographer, Mathematician, Physician, Psychologist and Scientist.

Contributions:

One of the first Islamic encyclopedia of medicine titled Firdaws al-Hikmah

Legacy:

He founded the “Balkhī school” of terrestrial mapping in Baghdad.

Al-Balkhi is believed to have been the first to diagnose that mental illness can have psychological and physiological causes.

He was the first to suggest four types of emotional disorders: fear and anxiety; anger and aggression; sadness and depression; and obsessions.

Articles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Zayd_al-Balkhi

Books attributed to Abu Zayd al-Balkhi

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