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ʿalī Ibn Sahl Rabban Aṭ-Ṭabarī's Health Regimen or "Book of the Pearl": Arabic Text, English Translation, Introduction and
Contributor(s): ʿalī Ibn Sahl Rabban Aṭ- (Author), Kahl, Oliver (Editor), Kahl, Oliver (Translator)

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 ISBN: 9004445889     ISBN-13: 9789004445888
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE: $130.15  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Science | History
- Medical | History
Physical Information: 222 pages
 
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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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