As-Suwaydi (physician) explained

As-Suwaydi (1204 - 1292, AH 604 - 690, full name ‘Izz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān as-Suwaydī Arabic: ابراهيم ابن محمد ابن طرخان السويدى) was a medieval Arab^[1] physician from the Aws tribe,^[2] and a pupil of Ibn al-Baytar. Active in Cairo and Damascus, he compiled three works: a treatise on plant names, a treatise on the medical use of stones, and a book of medical recipes and procedures (Tadhkirah).As-Suwaydi's Tadhkirah was epitomized by Shaʿrānī in the 16th century.^[3]

References

• C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (1st edition 1889-1936, 2nd edition 1943-49) vol. 1 p. 493 (2nd ed. p. 650), no. 38.
• C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Supplement (Leiden: Brill, 1937-1942), vol. 1, p. 900 no. 38.
• Manfred Ullmann, "Die Medizin im Islam" in: Handbuch der Orientalistik, (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), Abteilung I, Ergänzungsband vi, Abschnitt 1, p. 284.

External links

• US National Library of Medicine

Notes and References

1. A.. Dietrich. al-SUWAYDĪ. Brill. en. 10.1163/1573-3912_islam_com_1129.
2. Web site: فصل: عز الدين بن السويدينداء الإيمان. www.al-eman.com.
3. ed. Cairo, 1302 [1885]/1316 [1899]; ed. Aḥmad Farīd al-Mazīdī, Beirut (1998).MS A 45 in the US National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.