Jundishapur (English spelling)

Japanese: Jundīshāpūr（英語表記）Jundishapur

...Some of these methods are considered rational even in the light of modern medical knowledge, while others are merely so-called folk remedies. Around the 7th century, when Islam arose and the Arabs made great conquests, the major centers of medicine in the vast area under the Caliphate were Alexandria in Egypt and Jundishapur in Khuzestan Province, which was formerly part of the Sassanid Persian Empire. All of these schools were based on the rational medicine of Greece, which was influenced by Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, and others, but the Arabs, the ruling class of the Islamic Empire, respected these advanced medical practices and employed doctors from Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, Sabians, and other religions, regardless of race or religion, and also invited some Indian doctors to their courts. ...

From Gundeshapur

...Indian medicine was also introduced to the city, and it became a base for cultural exchange between the East and the West. In 641, it was occupied by the Islamic state and called Jundishapur, but it made an important contribution to the establishment of Arabic science through its research facilities and the translation of Persian and Syriac documents into Arabic. [Susumu Sato]...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの中には現代医学の知識から見ても合理的なものもあるし，いわゆる民間療法の域を出ないものもある。　イスラムが興り，アラブによる大征服が行われた7世紀ころ，カリフ政権下に入った広大な地域で医学の一大中心地となっていたのはエジプトのアレクサンドリアと，もとササン朝ペルシア領内にあったフージスターン州のジュンディーシャープールJundīshāpūrとであった。これらはみなヒッポクラテスやアリストテレス，ガレノスその他の流れをひくギリシアの合理的医学の上に立つ学派であったが，イスラム帝国の支配階級たるアラブは，これら先進の医学を尊重し，人種，宗教の差別を問わず，ユダヤ教徒，キリスト教徒，ゾロアスター教徒，サービア教徒などの医者を登用し，また若干のインドの医者などをも，その宮廷に招いた。…