Al-Harith ibn Kalada ( ar, الحارث بن كلدة; d. 13 AH/634–35) was an
Arab physician and a companion of the
Islamic prophet Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mo ...
. He is said to have traveled to
Gundeshapur
Gundeshapur ( pal, 𐭥𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩, ''Weh-Andiōk-Šābuhr''; New Persian: , ''Gondēshāpūr'') was the intellectual centre of the Sassanid Empire and the home of the Academy of Gundishapur, founded ...
in search of medical knowledge before the advent of
Islam.
References
Further reading
* C. Pellat, "al-Harith B. Kalada," EI2, supplement (1980).
External links
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Banu Thaqif
Companions of the Prophet
Physicians of the medieval Islamic world
7th-century physicians
630s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Hejaz