Al-Nagawri

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Shahab al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Karim Qivam al-Nagawri was a 14th century Persian physician.

Shihab al-Din al-Nagawri composed several Persian medical treatises, including a general handbook composed in 1392CE and a short dictionary of drugs.

His metrical Persian compendium on therapeutics was written in 1388CE and was often known as "Shahab's Medicine" as well as the more formal title Shifa' al-maradh (The Healing of Disease).

A considerable amount of autobiographical material is contained in this didactic poem, including the fact that al-Nagawri made his living in trade rather than as a physician.

[edit] See also

• List of Iranian scientists

[edit] Sources

For his life and writings, see:

• C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey. Volume II, Part 2: E.Medicine (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), pp 224–225 no 383