Bukhtishu Ubeidullah ibn Bukhtishu Jibrail III Jibrail III was the son of Ubayd Allah ibn Bukhtishu, a finance official for the Caliph al-Muktadir. After his father's death, his mother married another physician. Jibrail III began studying medicine exclusively in Baghdad, where he went penniless after the death of his mother. After treating an envoy from Kirman, he was called to Shiraz by the Buyid ruler 'Adud al-Dawla but soon after he returned to Baghdad. He only left Baghdad for short consultations, even declining an offer from the Fatimid al-Aziz who wished to establish him in Cairo. Jibrail III died on June 8, 1006. See also List of Iranian scientists References Further reading British library, Bukhtishu's family books National Library of Medicine of The United States 9th-century Iranian physicians Iranian Christians 7th-century Iranian physicians 8th-century Iranian physicians Medieval Assyrian physicians Members of the Assyrian Church of the East History of Khuzestan Province Iranian Assyrian people People from Khuzestan Province Assyrian families Nestorians in the Abbasid Caliphate Iranian families