A Late Mamluk Medical Regimen for Travellers: Ibn Al-Amshāṭī's Al-Isfār ʿan ḥikam Al-Asfār Critical Edition, Tran

The fifteenth-century travel regimen entitled al-Isfār ʿan ḥikam al-asfār ('The unveiling of the wisdoms of the books') written by the Cairene jurist-physician Ibn al-Amshāṭī (d. 1496) is an interesting example of the postclassical medical literature. It includes, besides a travel regimen (written likely as a health guide for the pilgrimage to Mecca), a short pharmacopoeia of single and compound remedies deemed useful for the traveller.
The work was composed for Kamāl al-Dīn al-Bārizī (d. 1452), the head of the Mamluk Chancery. The Arabic edition, English translation, and commentary of this text are framed by a detailed introductory study of the Arabic-language tradition of travel regimens and various medico-pharmacological glossaries.

Author: Zsuzsanna Csorba

Publisher: Brill

Publication Date: 45589

Number of Pages: 288 pages

Binding: Medical

ISBN-10: 9004708197

ISBN-13: 9789004708198