Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History

Abstract

Background and Aim: Iranian medical tradition is one of the native and authentic Iranian knowledge that must be noticed and applied in our era. Traditional medicine is a large part of our ancient heritage and the present generation as heirs of this frontier, has the task of preserving and recording this precious heritage. Most of the manuscripts in Persian languages are kept in libraries, and some are yet unknown. So there are some efforts for reviving these obscure medical-literary treasures. The big part of Iranian literature is mixed with extensive knowledge as medical knowledge. Almost all Persian-language poets have brief references to subjects such as medicines, diseases, and medical devices in their work. Many other works are necessarily medical works that deal with medical issues in the language of order and approach. One of the Persian works is the version of Shah Ali Suleiman's "Supplement to the Systematic", which has come to be used in a purely medical manner and following its time for public use. This manuscript is kept in the Islamic Consultative Assembly library and is now used to examine 11th-century literary medical topics.

Materials and Methods: This literary research is carried out as a desk Study and studies devotional medicine based on a manuscript named Motammem Zobdeh. Besides it, this research study about the book, the composer and his manner on stating the medical subjects with poetic language. This research aims to show the station of medicine in Persian poems.

Findings: The most notable findings of this research are introducing of the manuscript of Shah Ali Suleiman's "Motamme E Zobdeh" and his manner on medical history.

Conclusion: This paper addresses Motamme Zobdeh, a manuscript about medicine and pharmacology in Iran during the Safavi era. It initially emphasizes on conventional medicine, classical Drugs, its doses and the manner of their accretions. Already in the Persian language, medic tried to compose a book about his knowledges. The big part of Iranian literature is mixed with extensive knowledge as medical knowledge. We can now study and analyze some subjects such as medicines, diseases and medical devices in Safavi period. So we can see what the conventional medicine in that era was and how this method was.