Medical practitioners during the reign of the Sultan Alaaddin Keykubadi

Abstract

Medical practitioners who were educated in the field of medicine or practiced medicine in Anatolia during the reign of Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I from 1220 to 1237, are introduced in this study. The aim of this study is to contribute to bringing into light the medical history of the Seljukian period, a field not sufficiently studied today. Medical practitioners who served the Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I were specially studied; and the following physicians were noted in the study: Sadr Faraid al-Din, Mohammed Cacermi, Badr al-Din Ibn Harir, lzz al-Din Ibn Hubel el-Mavsili, Takiy el-Din Res'ani, Safiy al-Din Devl Nasrani, Surgeon Vasil, Abu Salim al-Nasrani al-Yakubi al-Malati, Abu'l Farac al-Nasrani, Physician Hasnum, Physician Gabreil, Muvaffak al-Din Abd al-Latif b. Yusuf al-Bagdadi, Physician Shermon, Physician Ahron, Abu Bakr.