The great Avicenna is well-known as a philosopher and physician who is popular worldwide as the father of early modern medicine. His most famous works are “The Book of Healing”, and “The Canon of Medicine”, a medical encyclopedia. He is also known as a great mathematician whose theories were taught in Europe until the 19th century.

Hamadan (in old Persian: Hagmetana or Ecbatana) is one of the oldest continually inhabited towns in Iran. It is believed that the city was occupied by the Assyrians in 1100 BCE.