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ARA 102 S21 - 2 pm Class - Group 1 Contributions of non-Muslims to Islamic…
ARA 102 S21 - 2 pm Class - Group 1 Contributions of non-Muslims to Islamic science
Qusta ibn Luqa
A Christian physician, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and translator of Byzantine Greek origin.
He produced many works of his own: writing mainly on medical subjects, but also on mathematics and astronomy.
Hasdai ibn Shapru
A Hispano-Jewish scholar, physician
Translator of Greek into Arabic
He encouraged and supported Jewish science, and he is to be partly credited for helping transfer Jewish knowledge from the academies of Babylonia to Spain.
Yahya Masawaih al-Mardini
Christian-Syrian physicial who was under the service of the fatimid caliph Al-Hakim Bi-Amr Allah
Known for his books on purgatives and emetics. His textbook pharmacopoeia in 12 parts called the Antidotarium sive Grabadin medicamentorum, remained the standard textbok for pharmacy in the west.
The first man to describe the extraction of empyreumatic oils in the 10th century.
Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
father of medieval Jewish Neoplatonism
Ghayat Al-Hakim referenced Israeli’s philosophy is his book on magic, under the title Picatrix, included passagees which corresponded directly to Israeli’s writings
Has a number of philosophical and medical texts written in Arabic;
Kitab al-Ḥummayat, Kitab al-Adwiyah al-Mufradah wa'l-Aghdhiyah, Kitab al-Istiḳat; among many more
Hunayn Ibn-Ishaq
Made excellent contributions in ophthalmology (he wrote Ten Treatises on Ophthalmology), discussing various illnesses and treatments, as well as other fields of medicine and science
A famous Nestorian physician and one of the greatest scholars of his time.
He first worked for the Banu Musa, collecting Greek manuscripts and translating them into Arabic
Group Members: Farah El-Batouty/ Aisha Shaikh/ Mahed Bafaqeeh