Journals / Sakarya Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi / 2004 / Cilt: 6 - Sayı: 10
Rewiev of The Early Islamic Medicine Through The Light of The Some Medical Terms in Khalil b. Ahmad’s (d. 175/791) Kitâbü’l-ayn
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Abstract
Apparently, our knowledge about the development of the Early Islamic Medicine is notsufficient considering the current knowledge. Since researches on that period areinadequate and writing documents does not carry on until today completely. Somedocuments regarding medicine are translated to Arabic since Umayyad period, under thereign of Mervan b. el-Hakem (64-65/684-685) and these efforts continue until the reignof Memun, who was Abbasid caliphate. However, contents of these translations are notso clear. Khalil b. Ahmad (d. 175/791), who lived in the end of the Umayyad period andin the beginning of the Abbasid period, was very prominent philologist. He has Kitabü'l-Ayn that is very early study on the Arabic Literature. In this work, Khalil b. Ahmad,explained over hundred words regarding the medicine, and sometimes investigatesetymologic roots of these words and from where they came. His explanations on thesewords and information, which he presented, reflect medical culture of that time. Thisessay will analyze medical terms given by Khalil b. Ahmad and meanwhile emphasize theimportant points from the point of history of medicine.
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Apparently, our knowledge about the development of the Early Islamic Medicine is notsufficient considering the current knowledge. Since researches on that period areinadequate and writing documents does not carry on until today completely. Somedocuments regarding medicine are translated to Arabic since Umayyad period, under thereign of Mervan b. el-Hakem (64-65/684-685) and these efforts continue until the reignof Memun, who was Abbasid caliphate. However, contents of these translations are notso clear. Khalil b. Ahmad (d. 175/791), who lived in the end of the Umayyad period andin the beginning of the Abbasid period, was very prominent philologist. He has Kitabü'l-Ayn that is very early study on the Arabic Literature. In this work, Khalil b. Ahmad,explained over hundred words regarding the medicine, and sometimes investigatesetymologic roots of these words and from where they came. His explanations on thesewords and information, which he presented, reflect medical culture of that time. Thisessay will analyze medical terms given by Khalil b. Ahmad and meanwhile emphasize theimportant points from the point of history of medicine.