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, Fars,

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. He was a popular commentator on earlier medical writings, and composed a commentary titled ''al-Mughni fi sharh al-Mujiz'' on the epitome of ''

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'' by Avicenna. Numerous copies of this popular commentary are preserved today, including at the

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. He also composed a commentary on the materia medica that was part of the ''Canon of Medicine'' itself and a commentary on the first book of the ''Canon of Medicine,'' which he completed in 1344. In addition, al-Kazaruni wrote a

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of the Islamic prophet,

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, which was translated from Arabic into Persian by his son ‘Afif in 1383. From this latter translation, 18th century-

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scholar Liu Zhi also composed his own.Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, ''The Dao of Muhammad : A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China'',

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(2005), pp. 151-152 He died in 1357.

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* A. Z. Iskandar, A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), pp. 50, 54-55 * Manfred Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam, Handbuch der Orientalistik, Abteilung I, Ergänzungsband vi, Abschnitt 1 (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1970), p. 272 *

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, ''Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur'', 1st edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1889–1936). Second edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1943–49). Page references are those of the first edition, with the 2nd edition page numbers given in parentheses. Vol. 2, p. 195 (249) *

, ''Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur'', Supplement, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1937–1942). Vol. 2, 262.

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