فی الطبیعة عجایب؛ دست‌خطی نویافته از شمس‌الدین محمد کیشی بر حاشیه القانون فی الطب. (Persian)

Wonders in the Natures, Wonders in the Margins: Newly Discovered Annotations by Shams al-Dīn al-Kīshī in Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine. (English)

Shams al-Dīn al-Kīshī was a prominent seventh-century AH scholar renowned for his contributions to philosophy, Sufism, jurisprudence, Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr), and ḥadīth studies, as well as his distinguished work in medicine. This article examines two newly discovered marginal notes in al-Kīshī’s handwriting, found in Book 5 of Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine. These notes yield significant insights: first, they resolve discrepancies in the historical record concerning the name and title of al-Kīshī’s father, explicitly identifying him as “Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Kīshī.” Second, they document an unusual medical incident witnessed by the renowned ruler of Isfahan, Bahāʼ al-Dīn Muḥammad, offering a window into al-Kīshī’s scientific methodology and thought. Additionally, this study provides a tentative dating of the manuscripts and extracts further historical and scientific implications from these marginalia, contributing to our understanding of al-Kīshī’s intellectual milieu [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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