About Qurayshi al-Shirazi
Lived 1501 – 1601 (aged 99–100). Qurayshi al-Shirazi was a writer.
Nur al-Din Muhammad Abd-Allah ibn Hakim ‘Ayn al-Mulk Qurayshi Shirazi was a mid 17th century Persian physician in Mughal India.
As indicated by his nisba, he was from Shiraz, Iran. He is best known for his large synopsis of "Yunani" or Unani medicine (Greco-Roman medicine as inherited by Islam) and Hindu medicine (Ayurveda) that was entitled Zakhira-i Dara-Shukuhi and dedicated to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's son Dara Shikuh, who ruled as emperor from 1657-9CE.
He also composed in 1628 CE a Persian pharmacological dictionary titled Alfaz al-adwiyah which he had dedicated to Shah Jahan himself, of which the National Library of Medicine has a copy.
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Who was Qurayshi al-Shirazi?
Iranian physician
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Qurayshi al-Shirazi was born in 1501.
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Qurayshi al-Shirazi died in 1601.
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Qurayshi al-Shirazi was a writer.
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