Dāʾūd al-Anṭākī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Dāʾūd al-Anṭākī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Veit, Raphaela

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061448
Doc. NO	:	ALei1845
Main Entry	:	Veit, Raphaela
Title & Author	:	Dāʾūd al-Anṭākī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Veit, Raphaela
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(932 words)
Abstract	:	Dāʾūd b. ʿUmar al-Ḍarīr (al-Akmah) al-Anṭākī (d. 1008/1599) was an Arab physician born in Antioch. Although Dāʾūd was blind from birth, he apparently travelled a great deal, lived in Cairo and Damascus, and died in Mecca. He is reported to have learnt Greek on the advice of a Persian scholar who cured him of a long-term lameness: the traditions of the ancient Greek authors were still important in the tenth/sixteenth century. Dāʾūd wrote several medical treatises on subjects ranging from classical medicine to superstition
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1845.pdf