Baha' al-Dawlah ibn Siraj al-Din Shah Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Husayni Nurbakhshi (also sometimes called Nuri rather than Nurbakhshi), was a 15–16th century
Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
physician.
He obtained court favor in both Persia and
Baghdad
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. He is known for one treatise, a medical compendium called ''Khulasat al-tajarib'' (The Summary of Experience) which he composed in 1501 in the village of
Tarasht Tarasht is a very old neighborhood in west Tehran metropolis.
The neighborhood is bordered by Azadi Ave. in the south, Jenah Exp. in the west, Aryashahr neighborhood in the north, and Towhid neighborhood in the east.
Sharif University of Technolo ...
, which was near the town of
Ray, present-day
Tehran
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.
See also
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List of Iranian scientists
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Sources
For evidence regarding his life and probable date of death, see:
*Lutz Richter-Bernburg, ''Persian Medical Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles: A Descriptive Catalogue,'' Humana Civilitas, vol. 4 (Malibu: Udena Publications, 1978), pp 62–64
*C.A. Storey, ''Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey.'' Volume II, Part 2: E. Medicine (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), pp 230–231.
16th-century Iranian physicians
15th-century Iranian physicians
Physicians from the Timurid Empire
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