Mahbub al-qulub. Volume 2

In the Islamic world, the writing of biographical reference works has a very long tradition. In the field of philosophy and other rational sciences such as medicine, one could, for example, mention Ishaq b. Hunayn's (d. 298/910) Ta?rikh al-atibba? wal-hukama? or Ibn Abi Usaybi?a's (d. ca 668/1270) ?Uyun al-anba? fi ta?rikh al-atibba?. The present two-volume biographical dictionary of philosophers ...