Autobiography of Qutb Al-Din Shirazi (A Persian Physician in 14Th Century Ad) in His Manuscript, Al-Tuhfa Al-Sa‘Diya; [Autobiografija Qutb Al-Din Shirazia (Perzijski Lijecnik U 14. Stoljecu) U Njegovu Rukopisu, Al-Tuhfa Al-Sa‘Diya] Publisher Pubmed



Arezaei H¹ ; Zargaran A²
Source: AMHA - Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica Published:2021

Abstract

Qutb al-Din Shirazi (1236-1311 AD), the Persian polymath had great contributions to the fields of philosophy, mathematics, medicine, astronomy, music, literature, and Islamic stud-ies. He lived during the Ilkhanid kingdom in Iran. He wrote an autobiography in the preface of his medical manuscript, al-Tuhfa al-Sa‘diya. He discussed his views on science and then, he explained his life story, in particular his education and contribution to science. He men-tioned the reasons that led him to write al-Tuhfa al-Sa‘diya, his main medical work. As a great polymath, he traveled to many countries, and his words cleared the scientific atmos-phere of 14th century AD. Also, he directly introduced his teachers and their abilities and works. Furthermore, scientists who worked on the Canon of Medicine had commentaries on this book, which were comprehensively introduced in this autobiography. © 2021, Croatian Scientific Society for the History of Health. All rights reserved.