Al-Adudi Hospital
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The Al-'Adudi Hospital was a bimaristan
in Baghdad
named after Emir 'Adud al-Daula
. The hospital was built in AD 981
, but destroyed in 1258 by the Mongol invasion.
Bimaristan
Bimaristan is a Persian word meaning hospital, with Bimar- from Middle Persian of vīmār or vemār, meaning "sick" plus -stan as location and place suffix...
in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
named after Emir 'Adud al-Daula
'Adud al-Daula
Aḍud al-Dawla or Azod od-Dowleh Panah Khusraw was an emir of the Buyid dynasty in Iran and Iraq...
. The hospital was built in AD 981
981
Year 981 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Viking explorer Eric the Red-haired leaves Norway to survey west of Iceland. He finds land and calls it Greenland...
, but destroyed in 1258 by the Mongol invasion.