Abdullah Yazdi, ʿAbdu'llāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Yazdī
Unani physician; writer
Abdullah Tabib, also known as Abdullah Yazdi,Template:Efn was a Unani physician and writer from the Golconda Sultanate of present-day southern India. He is best known for writing the medical book Farid, also known as Tibb-i Faridi.
Biography
Abdullah Tabib was a famous physician of Golconda.[1][2] He lived during the reign of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (r. 1580–1612), to whom he dedicated his work Farid.[3][4] The author calls himself "Abdullah Tabib" in the book's preface. The end of the book's Bodleian Library manuscript, in which two leaves were added much later, calls him Abdullah Yazdi.[5] Another work, Subh-i Sadiq, dates Abdullah Yazdi to the same period, and describes him as an immigrant to India and a pupil of Khwaja Jamaluddin Mahmud Shirazi.[5]
Works
Abdullah Tabib's FaridTemplate:Efn is a work on medicine that discusses hygiene and treatment of diseases through proper food and simple drugs.[1] For example, the author considers polygonum aviculare (anjabar or knot grass) as the best drug for treating hematuria.[6] The introduction of the book discusses the essentials of health and its preservation. The book has a chapter dealing with common human diseases, and a conclusion divided into three parts.[5] The author quotes from several earlier writers including Hippocrates, Plato, Masawaiyh, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and Ibn Zuhr.[4] The manuscripts of Farid are available at Bodleian Library (possibly from late 17th century), Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library (1763 CE), and the Nizamia Tibbi College Library.[3][1]
The works attributed to Abdullah Yazdi include Hashiyah bar Mukhtasar Talkhis, Hashiyah bar Sharh-i Tajrid, and Hashiyah bar Tahzib.[5]
According to Charles Ambrose Storey, a work titled Tibb i Faridi, attributed to Farid al-Din, may be same as Abdullah Tabib's Farid. It is known from a manuscript at the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in Chennai, but does not contain any preface or colophon. It contains 368 chapters dealing with a particular disease and its treatment.[3]
Notes
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medicine and Life Sciences in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture(2001). ISBN 978-81-87586-07-4
- ↑ India's Indigenous Medical Systems: A Cross-disciplinary Approach{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Primus(2015). ISBN 9789380607627
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Persian Literature - a Biobibliographical Survey: Volume II Part 2 - Medicine{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland(1971). ISBN 9780700713622
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Thousand Laurels - Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Osmania University(2005)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Science and Technology in Medieval India: A Bibliography of Source Materials in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Indian National Science Academy(1982)
- ↑ Medicine in Medieval India: 11th to 18th Centuries{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Konark(1997). ISBN 9788122004687