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ABBADIDES, a Mahommedan dynasty which arose in Spain on the downfall of the western caliphate.
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Cordova, the capital of the western caliphate, became also a great centre of learning and produced several great physicians.
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A century after Albucasis came the great physician Avenzoar (1113-1196), with whom he divides about equally the medical honors of the western caliphate.
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The Western Caliphate produced physicians and philosophers almost as brilliant as those of the East.
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The capital of Spanish Islam was Cordova, the seat of the Western caliphate, a mighty city, perhaps more wonderful than Bagdad itself.