ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarīʾs Health regimen or "Book of the pearl" : Arabic text, English translation, introduction and indices
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ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarīʾs Health regimen or "Book of the pearl" : Arabic text, English translation, introduction and indices
（Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 115）
Brill, c2021
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-172) and indexes
In English and Arabic
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The Arabic treatise edited and translated here was written in the middle of the 9th century CE by 'Ali ibn Sahl Rabban at-Tabari, 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 'Abbasid 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 at-Tabari relied testify to the synthetic and inclusive character of early Islamic medicine.
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