Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi

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Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi is a seminal medieval Persian medical encyclopedia that systematically compiles contemporary knowledge of diagnosis, treatment, pharmacology, and hygiene.

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instanceOf Persian book
medical encyclopedia
medieval Persian medical text
alternativeName Zakhira-i Khwarazmshahi
Zakhira-yi Khwarazmshahi
Zakhire-ye Khwarazmshahi
author Ismail Gorgani
Zayn al-Din Ismaʿil ibn Husayn Gorgani
linked to: Ismail Gorgani
countryOfOrigin Khwarazmian Empire
coversTopic anatomy
dietetics
materia medica
pathology
physiology
preventive medicine
surgery
therapeutics
culturalContext Persianate Islamic civilization
dateOfComposition early 12th century
dedicatedTo Khwarazmshah Qutb al-Din Muhammad
linked to: Ala ad-Din Tekish
field history of medicine
focusesOn humoral theory
genre medical encyclopedia
historicalSignificance major reference work of medieval Persian medicine
one of the earliest comprehensive medical encyclopedias written in Persian
includesSection diseases of individual organs
pharmacopoeia
regimen of health
influencedBy Avicenna's Canon of Medicine
Galenic medicine
Hippocratic medicine
intendedAudience court physicians
learned practitioners of medicine
language Persian
literaryTradition Islamic medicine
mainSubject diagnosis
hygiene
medicine
pharmacology
treatment
methodology systematic compilation of contemporary medical knowledge
originalLanguage Persian
preservedIn manuscript form
regionOfInfluence Central Asia
Greater Iran
structure multi-volume work
titleTranslation Treasure of the Khwarazmshah
usedIn medical education in the Islamic world

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Persian medicine hasKeyText Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi alternativeName Zakhire-ye Khwarazmshahi
linked to: Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
Ismail Gorgani notableWork Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
Ismail Gorgani legacy Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi remained a standard medical reference for centuries
linked to: Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi