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The Ottoman Physicians in Egypt (Case of study Dawud al-Antaki and Overview about his book Tazkiratu ulil Albab wa al-jam’ li al-‘ajab al-‘ujab)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Islamic History, archaeology, and Civilization.

Abstract

This research aims to identify one of the ottoman physicians in Egypt, and his contributions during the sixteenth century. Egypt enjoyed a privileged location and many geographical characteristics making it as a meeting point between East and West at the sixteenth century. This paper focuses on the Medicine during that period in Egypt, and if there were a regulating medical practice or just folklore practices. This study relevant for Dawud al-Antaki, the blind physician, who was fond of learning and learnt many sciences. He travelled to Syrian coast and Damascus, then he travelled to Cairo and became the head of physicians. He wrote various books, about fifteen manuscripts on kalam, fiqh, and medicine. The paper researches on the famous medical book Tazkiratu ulil Albab wa al-jam' li al-‘ajab al-‘ujab that affected a lot on the Egyptian medicine, it was divided into introduction and four parts, was included into three volumes. Dawud al-Antaki, like other physicians at this period believed in Jinn and their ability to infect people, so he made a lot of amulets to treat that.

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2022.125789.1031

Keywords

The Ottoman Physicians, medicine, Egypt, Dawud al-Antaki, Tazkiratu ulil Albab wa al-jam’ li al-‘ajab al-‘ujab

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Elmallwany

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Affiliation

Guidance department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

Email

esraaelmalwany83@gmail.com

City

Aswan

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Volume

14

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1

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35238

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-03-06

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Page Start

23

Page End

35

Print ISSN

2357-0652

Online ISSN

2735-4741

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/article_237681.html

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1,533

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Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

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https://mjthr.journals.ekb.eg/

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The Ottoman Physicians in Egypt (Case of study Dawud al-Antaki and Overview about his book Tazkiratu ulil Albab wa al-jam’ li al-‘ajab al-‘ujab)

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23 Jan 2023