Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 13، number In Volume 11، February 2021 ، issue Number 57

Persian Anis al-Atteba Abu al-Khair and its Stylistics

Seyyed Morteza TaheriBarzoki , Ata Mohammad Radmanesh (Author in Charge), Sayyed Mehdi Norian

Abstract

Anis al-Atteba, penned by Abu al-Khair Mohammad Taqi Ibn Mohammed Farsi, is a book on medicine in the tenth century which consists of three parts including two scriptures and a speech. The first scripture includes seventeen statements in “theoretical science”, and the second scriptureincludes thirty-four chapters in “practical science”. The third part is Qrabadynmufradah and murakabah (a pharmacopoeia about the knowledge of the nature and properties of single and compound drugs).This book also provides a full course of clinical medicine for researcher, based on ancient knowledge and author’s experience. In addition, this book consists of therapies and drugs as well as author’s experiences which can be useful in traditional medicine and medicine itself.

This paper may provide scientific aids for the traditional medicine and also helps to know more about scientific prose texts of Safavid period.In addition to writing about the life and circumstances of Abu al-Khair Farsi and recognizing Anis al-Atteba, this paper also introduces available manuscripts about this book.

Keyword
Din Abu al-Khair , Anis al-Atteba , theoretical medicine , practical medicine , Qrabadyn (pharmacopoeia) , Stylistics

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