Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi

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Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi is a seminal medieval Persian medical encyclopedia that systematically compiles contemporary knowledge of diagnosis, treatment, pharmacology, and hygiene.

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instanceOf Persian book ⓘ
medical encyclopedia ⓘ
medieval Persian medical text ⓘ
alternativeName Zakhira-i Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
Zakhira-yi Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
Zakhire-ye Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
author Ismail Gorgani ⓘ
Zayn al-Din Ismaʿil ibn Husayn Gorgani ⓘ
linked to: Ismail Gorgani
countryOfOrigin Khwarazmian Empire ⓘ
coversTopic anatomy ⓘ
dietetics ⓘ
materia medica ⓘ
pathology ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
preventive medicine ⓘ
surgery ⓘ
therapeutics ⓘ
culturalContext Persianate Islamic civilization ⓘ
dateOfComposition early 12th century ⓘ
dedicatedTo Khwarazmshah Qutb al-Din Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Ala ad-Din Tekish
field history of medicine ⓘ
focusesOn humoral theory ⓘ
genre medical encyclopedia ⓘ
historicalSignificance major reference work of medieval Persian medicine ⓘ
one of the earliest comprehensive medical encyclopedias written in Persian ⓘ
includesSection diseases of individual organs ⓘ
pharmacopoeia ⓘ
regimen of health ⓘ
influencedBy Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ⓘ
Galenic medicine ⓘ
Hippocratic medicine ⓘ
intendedAudience court physicians ⓘ
learned practitioners of medicine ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryTradition Islamic medicine ⓘ
mainSubject diagnosis ⓘ
hygiene ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
treatment ⓘ
methodology systematic compilation of contemporary medical knowledge ⓘ
originalLanguage Persian ⓘ
preservedIn manuscript form ⓘ
regionOfInfluence Central Asia ⓘ
Greater Iran ⓘ
structure multi-volume work ⓘ
titleTranslation Treasure of the Khwarazmshah ⓘ
usedIn medical education in the Islamic world ⓘ

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Persian medicine → hasKeyText → Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi → alternativeName → Zakhire-ye Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
linked to: Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi
Ismail Gorgani → notableWork → Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi ⓘ
Ismail Gorgani → legacy → Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi remained a standard medical reference for centuries ⓘ
linked to: Zakhireye Khwarazmshahi