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A Late Mamluk Medical Regimen for Travellers
Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä«âs al-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr. Critical Edition, Translation, and Commentary
Series: - Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series, Volume: 22
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The fifteenth-century travel regimen entitled al-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr (âThe unveiling of the wisdoms of the booksâ) written by the Cairene jurist-physician Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä« (d. 1496) is an interesting example of the postclassical medical literature. It includes, besides a travel regimen (written likely as a health guide for the pilgrimage to Mecca), a short pharmacopoeia of single and compound remedies deemed useful for the traveller.
The work was composed for KamÄl al-DÄ«n al-BÄrizÄ« (d. 1452), the head of the Mamluk Chancery. The Arabic edition, English translation, and commentary of this text are framed by a detailed introductory study of the Arabic-language tradition of travel regimens and various medico-pharmacological glossaries.
The work was composed for KamÄl al-DÄ«n al-BÄrizÄ« (d. 1452), the head of the Mamluk Chancery. The Arabic edition, English translation, and commentary of this text are framed by a detailed introductory study of the Arabic-language tradition of travel regimens and various medico-pharmacological glossaries.
Zsuzsanna Csorba, Ph.D. (2022), Eötvös Loránd University, is a research fellow at the Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern Studies.
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Introduction
â1âTravel Regimens in the Medieval Arabic Medical Tradition
â2âThe Author, Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä«
â3âAl-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr
Critical Edition and Translation of Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä«âs al-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr
Commentary
â1âPreface: A Literary Analysis
â2âIntroduction and Chapters 1â8: The IsfÄr as a Travel Regimen
â3âEpilogue: Simple and Compound Medicaments for Travellers
Concluding Remarks
Appendix
Glossaries
Bibliography
Indices
List of Tables
Introduction
â1âTravel Regimens in the Medieval Arabic Medical Tradition
â2âThe Author, Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä«
â3âAl-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr
Critical Edition and Translation of Ibn al-AmshÄá¹Ä«âs al-IsfÄr Ê¿an ḥikam al-asfÄr
Commentary
â1âPreface: A Literary Analysis
â2âIntroduction and Chapters 1â8: The IsfÄr as a Travel Regimen
â3âEpilogue: Simple and Compound Medicaments for Travellers
Concluding Remarks
Appendix
Glossaries
Bibliography
Indices
All those interested in the history of pre-modern medicine of the Middle East (particularly travel medicine), pharmacology, and cultural history and history of medicine of the late Mamluk period.