Abdullah Tabib
Abdullah Tabib | |
|---|---|
| عبدالله طبيب or عبدالله یزدی | |
| Born | Golconda Sultanate (present-day South India) |
| Other names | Abdullah Yazdi, ʿAbdu'llāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Yazdī |
| Occupations | Unani physician; writer |
| Era | Mughal period (Golconda Sultanate) |
| Notable work | Farid (also known as Tibb-i Faridi) |
Abdullah Tabib, also known as Abdullah Yazdi,[a] 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
[edit | edit source]Abdullah Tabib was a famous physician of Golconda.[3][4] He lived during the reign of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (r. 1580–1612), to whom he dedicated his work Farid.[2][5] 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.[1] 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.[1]
Works
[edit | edit source]Abdullah Tabib's Farid[b] is a work on medicine that discusses hygiene and treatment of diseases through proper food and simple drugs.[3] For example, the author considers polygonum aviculare (anjabar or knot grass) as the best drug for treating hematuria.[7] 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.[1] The author quotes from several earlier writers including Hippocrates, Plato, Masawaiyh, Abu Bakr al-Razi, and Ibn Zuhr.[5] 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.[2][3]
The works attributed to Abdullah Yazdi include Hashiyah bar Mukhtasar Talkhis, Hashiyah bar Sharh-i Tajrid, and Hashiyah bar Tahzib.[1]
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.[2]
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