Ahmad ibn Farrukh, also written Ahmad-i Farrokh, was a 12th-century
Persian
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physician from
Herat
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.
He was one of the teachers of
Zayn al-Din al-Jurjani
Zayn al-Din Sayyed Isma‘il ibn Husayn Gorgani (c. 1040–1136), also spelled al-Jurjani, was a Persian 12th century royal Islamic physician from Gorgan, Iran. In addition to medical and pharmaceutical sciences, he was also an adept in theologi ...
.
He is author of a Persian medicine encyclopaedia titled ''Kifayah'' that is no longer extant though it had a high reputation among scholars long after al-Jurjani's day.
The
National Library of Medicine
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has in its collection a formulary of compound remedies (''Qarabadhin'').
Islamic Medical Manuscripts : Catalogue - Encycolopedias 11-13
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This formulary in 11 short chapters (''babs''), and it appears to be the only preserved example of the writings of Ahmad ibn Farrukh.
See also
*List of Iranian scientists
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*'' Medical Encyclopedia of Islam and Iran''
References
12th-century Iranian physicians
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