Main ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s "Health Regimen" or "Book of the Pearl": Arabic Text, English Translation, Introduction and Indices
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ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s "Health Regimen" or "Book of the Pearl": Arabic Text, English Translation, Introduction and Indices

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The Arabic treatise edited and translated here was written in the middle of the 9th century CE by ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī, a Christian convert to Islam and one of the most remarkable thinkers of his time. The text can be described as a manual towards the preservation of health, addressed directly to the ʿAbbāsid caliph al-Mutawakkil and his household. It represents not only the oldest extant specimen of its kind, but is also distinguished by its largely non-technical language, as well as by a narrative style that creates an unusual interface with classical Arabic prose literature. The Greek and Indian sources upon which aṭ-Ṭabarī relied testify to the synthetic and inclusive character of early Islamic medicine.
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Year:
2021
Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English, Arabic
Pages:
222
ISBN 10:
9004445889
ISBN 13:
9789004445895
ISBN:
9004445889,9789004445888,9789004445895
Series:
Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, 115

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