The Influence of The Jundishapur School In Transferring Medical Sciences To Baghdad Until The End of The Seventh Century AH

Abstract

This research aims to demonstrate the impact of the Jundishapur school on the transmission of medical sciences to Baghdad, tracing the paths of this influence from the beginning of the Abbasid era until the end of the seventh century AH. The research hypothesis is based on the premise that Jundishapur was not merely a source of skilled physicians who migrated to the Abbasid court, but rather a comprehensive institutional and scientific model from which essential elements were transferred to Baghdad, such as clinical education, the organization of the hospital (bimaristan), pharmaceutical traditions, and the translation movement from Greek, Syriac, and Pahlavi into Arabic. Sources indicate that the direct transmission reached its peak during the caliphates of al-Mansur, al-Rashid, and al-Ma'mun, through medical and scientific families such as the Bakhtishu' and Masawayh families. Its influence then continued indirectly in the major Baghdad hospitals, particularly the Adudi Hospital, until its destruction with the fall of Baghdad in 656 AH/1258 CE. Thus, the end of the seventh century AH represents a suitable timeframe for observing the culmination of this influence and the cessation of its Baghdad center due to the Mongol invasion.