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?Ali ibn Sahl Rabban a?-?abari: The Indian Books: A new edition of the Arabic text and first-time English translation

By ?Ali ibn Sahl Rabban a?-?abari, Oliver Kahl (Editor)
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By ?Ali ibn Sahl Rabban a?-?abari, Oliver Kahl (Editor)
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ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Indian Books, completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d'œuvre "Paradise of Wisdom", belong to the most remarkable texts in Arabic scientific literature. The Indian Books offer a unique, interpretative summary of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine, as understood by Arabic-speaking scholars on the basis of now lost translations from Sanskrit. The present book centres around a critical edition and annotated translation of...

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