THE BOOK OF AL DAKHIRA ( THE TREASURY ON THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE )
by ABU'L HASAN THABIT IBN QURRAH AL HARRANY ( 211 - 288 AH. , 825 - 900 AD. )
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Cairo: The government press, 1928 Book. As New. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. LIMITED EDITION UP TO 1000 COPIES PUBLISHED BY THE EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY AND EDITED BY Dr. G. SOBHY, ASST. PROF. OF MEDICINE, EGYPTIAN UNIVERSITY, PHYSICIAN, KASR EL AINI HOSPITAL, PROF. OF THE COPTIC AND DEMOTIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE..., PRINTED IN THE GOVERNMENT PRESS, CAIRO 1928. 186 PP OF ARABIC TEXT, 2 FACSIMILES OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ON FINE WITE HEAVY PAPER. TITLE PAGE IN ENGLISH, PRINTED DEICATION BY THE AUTHOR TO PROFESSOR ALY BEY IBRAHIM THE LEADING SURGEON OF EGYPT, ON FINE WITE HEAVY PAPER. (XV) PREFACE AND INTRODUCTION IN ENGLISH, 43 PP GLOSSARY IN ARABIC AND ENGLISH. THE AUTHOR WAS A SABAEAN FROM HARRAN. HIS SIVIL OCCUPATION WAS THAT THE TAX-COLLECTOR AT HARRAN. HE ACCOMPANIED MOHAMMED IBN MUSA WHEN THE LATTER LEFT THE COUNTRA OF THE GREEKS ( EL RUM ). HE FOUND HIM INTELLIGENT AND HE INTRODUCED HIM AMONGST THE GROUP OF ASTROLOGERS WHO WERE USUALLY SABAEAN IN MEDINT EL SALAM ( BAGHDAD ). HE WAS CELEBRATED AS A GREAT PHYSICIAN. AT THE SAME TIME HE WAS A GREAT MATHMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER, AND WROTE A GREAT DEAL ON ASTRONOMY. INDEED ALL THE MANUSCRIPTS EXISTING IN THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF EGYPT AND AUTHENTICALLY ASCRIBED TO HIM DEAL WITH ASTRONOMY AND MATHMATICS. HE WAS LEARNED IN THE SYRIAC LANGUAGE AND MADE MANY TRANSLATIONS FROM IT INTO ARABIC, AND FROM OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL. HE LIVED UNDER AL MUAFFAK BILLAH FATHER OF ABI'L ABBAS. HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 77. ( THE EDITOR, INTRODUCTION )..
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- THE BOOK OF AL DAKHIRA ( THE TREASURY ON THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE )
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- ABU'L HASAN THABIT IBN QURRAH AL HARRANY ( 211 - 288 AH. , 825 - 900 AD. )
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- Paperback
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- The government press
- Place of Publication
- Cairo
- Date Published
- 1928
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- ARABIC,ARAB,ARABIA,ISLAM,ISLAMIC,ORIENT,ORIENTAL,MIDDLE EAST,BAGDAD,BAGHDAD,ABBASIDE,ABBASID,HISTORY,MEDICINE,SCIENCE,SCIENTIFIC,MEDICAL,DRUGS,KITAB,DAKHIRA,TIBB,EGYPT,CAIRO,GOVERNMENT,1928,ARABE,ARABICA,ISLAMICA,THABIT,IBN,BIN,QURRA,QURRAH,SOBHY,UNIVERSI
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- ISLAMIC; MEDICAL;
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- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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