Abul Hasan al-Tabari
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Abu-l-Hasan Ahmad ibn Mohammad al-Tabari, born in Amol
, was a 10th century Persian physician from Tabaristan.
He was a physician of Rukn al-dawlah, a Buwayhid
ruler.
He was author of a compendium of medicine Kitab al-mu'alaja al-buqratiya (Hippocratic
treatments), in ten books. It is extant only in Arabic language
.
Amol
Amol is a city in and the capital of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 197,470, in 55,183 families.Amol and the old part of town is the first of the four towns that populate the world in which there is Nzamyh...
, was a 10th century Persian physician from Tabaristan.
He was a physician of Rukn al-dawlah, a Buwayhid
Buwayhid
The Buyid dynasty, also known as the Buyid Empire or the Buyids , also known as Buwaihids, Buyahids, or Buyyids, were a Shī‘ah Persian dynasty that originated from Daylaman in Gilan...
ruler.
He was author of a compendium of medicine Kitab al-mu'alaja al-buqratiya (Hippocratic
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos or Hippokrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician of the Age of Pericles , and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine...
treatments), in ten books. It is extant only in Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
.
See also
- Medicine in the medieval Islamic world
- List of Iranian scientists