Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif
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Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif is a landmark 30-volume medieval medical and surgical encyclopedia that systematized clinical practice and introduced numerous surgical instruments and techniques in the Islamic Golden Age.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif Context triple: [Al-Zahrawi, notableWork, Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif]
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A.
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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B.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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C.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
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D.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
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E.
Kitab al-Zuhd
Kitab al-Zuhd is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that focuses on asceticism, detachment from worldly pleasures, and spiritual piety in Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif Target entity description: Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif is a landmark 30-volume medieval medical and surgical encyclopedia that systematized clinical practice and introduced numerous surgical instruments and techniques in the Islamic Golden Age.
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A.
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya
Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya is a seminal medieval Arabic medical compendium that systematically presents clinical treatments and therapies within the tradition of Islamic medicine.
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B.
Kitab al-Tawasin
Kitab al-Tawasin is a seminal mystical and poetic work of Islamic Sufism, attributed to the famed mystic al-Hallaj and known for its esoteric reflections on divine love, unity, and martyrdom.
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C.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
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D.
Kitab al-Saydalah
Kitab al-Saydalah is a seminal medieval Islamic pharmacological treatise that systematically catalogues drugs, their properties, and their medical uses.
-
E.
Kitab al-Zuhd
Kitab al-Zuhd is a section of the hadith collection Sunan Ibn Majah that focuses on asceticism, detachment from worldly pleasures, and spiritual piety in Islam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical encyclopedia
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medieval Arabic medical text ⓘ surgical encyclopedia ⓘ |
| approach |
case-based discussion
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empirical clinical observation ⓘ |
| author |
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi
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linked to:
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
Al-Zahrawi ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)
|
| completionDate | circa 1000 CE ⓘ |
| containsSection |
general medicine treatise
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pharmacological treatise ⓘ surgical treatise ⓘ |
| describes |
bone setting
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cauterization techniques ⓘ dental surgery ⓘ eye surgery ⓘ lithotomy procedures ⓘ obstetric procedures ⓘ tumor excision ⓘ |
| field |
medicine
ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ surgery ⓘ |
| genre |
medical compendium
ⓘ
surgical manual ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
bridge between Greco-Roman and later European medicine
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major source for history of Islamic surgery ⓘ |
| includes | over 200 surgical instruments ⓘ |
| influence |
Renaissance surgery
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medieval Latin medical literature ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| lastVolumeNotableFor | comprehensive surgical manual ⓘ |
| lastVolumeSubject | surgery ⓘ |
| LatinTitle |
Liber Alsaharavi de Chirurgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Tasrif
Liber Servitoris ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed descriptions of surgical instruments
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illustrations of surgical instruments ⓘ influence on later European surgery ⓘ introduction of numerous surgical techniques ⓘ systematizing clinical practice ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 30 ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Al-Andalus
ⓘ
Cordoba ⓘ
linked to:
Cordoba (historical)
|
| structure | systematic arrangement by diseases and treatments ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| translatedInto | Latin ⓘ |
| usedBy |
European physicians
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Islamic physicians ⓘ |
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Subject: Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif Description of subject: Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif is a landmark 30-volume medieval medical and surgical encyclopedia that systematized clinical practice and introduced numerous surgical instruments and techniques in the Islamic Golden Age.
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subject linked to:
Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)