1. Imprisonment at Fardajan

    · Fardajan fortress, near Hamadan, Iran

    Suspected of treachery because of his correspondence with Ala al-Dawla, Avicenna was imprisoned for four months in the fortress of Fardajan outside Hamadan. The imprisonment ended in 1023. The precise site of Fardajan is uncertain; coordinates are a representative point southeast of Hamadan.

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