Ibn Hindu
Abū Al-Faraj ʿAlī ibn al-Husayn ibn Hindū (d. 1032) was a Persian poet, a man of letters, and a practitioner of Galenic medicine coming from Rey. Scholars have posited multiple explanations for his name, including that he was Persian and from Hindujān, his possible Indian heritage, and that he was an Arab descendant of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Education

His philosophical and medical training was extensive and he studied under Abu al-Hassan al-Amiri, Abū Al-Khayr al-Hasan ibn Siwār, and Abū al-Khayr ibn al-Khammār. He traveled to Arrajan in 965, where he continued his services for the Buwayhids. He wrote in Arabic. He was most famous for his works of poetry than as a physician. He was also held in high esteem by his students who would travel to study with him. He was employed at 'Adud al-Dawla's dīwān. His approach to religion has been described as open-minded. 