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ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Health regimen or "Book of the pearl" [electronic resource] : Arabic text, English translation, introduction and indices / by Oliver Kahl

Author
Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century
Uniform Title
Kitāb al-luʼluʼah. English
Additional Titles
Health regimen and Book of the pearl
Published
Boston : Brill, 2020.
Physical Description
214 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators
Kahl, Oliver and Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century
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In English and Arabic.
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Summary
"The Arabic treatise edited and translated here was written in the middle of the 9th century CE by ʻAlī 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 ʻAbbāsid 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-Ṭabarīrelied testify to the synthetic and inclusive character of early Islamic medicine"--
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ISBN
9789004445888 (hardback)
9789004445895 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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