Al-Natili

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Al Husain ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan ibn Khurshid al-Tabari al-Natili, was a Persian physician from Tabaristan.

He flourished in the 10th century, and was a translator of Greek into Arabic. He dedicated, in 990-991AD, an improved translation of Dioscorides' De Materia Medica to the Prince Abu Ali al-Samjuri.

[edit] Sources

• Carl Brockelmann: Arabische Litteratur (189, 207).

[edit] See also

• List of Iranian scientists