Title: ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Health regimen or "Book of the pearl" : Arabic text, English translation, introduction and indices /
Authors: Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century; Kahl, Oliver; Ṭabarī, ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabbān, active 9th century.
Year: 2021
Subjects: Medicine, Arab; Health Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Medicine, Arabic; Health; Health; Medicine, Arab
Abstract: "The Arabic treatise edited and translated here was written in the middle of the 9th century CE by ʻAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī, 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 ʻAbbāsid 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 aṭ-Ṭabarīrelied testify to the synthetic and inclusive character of early Islamic medicine"--