Article ID: CBB000850176

Islamic Pharmacy in the Mamlūk and Mongol Realms: Theory and Practice (2008)

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This article will discuss aspects of pharmacy in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE, when the central Islamic lands---which also form a central part of the Silk Road between China and Europe---were dominated by the Mamluk Empire in Egypt and Syria, and the Mongol Il-khans in Iran. Exchanges of practical and theoretical knowledge occurred across the hostile frontier, but it remains to be seen to what extent this affected the practice of community pharmacists in the Islamic world, let alone the theory used by doctors learned in the Arabic pharmacological tradition. As I have only very recently begun to study the Mongol side of things in greater depth, this article will be weighted towards the Mamluks, and I will point out areas that require further research before any definite conclusion can be reached. I will begin by discussing the state of pharmacy in Mamluk Egypt, continue to say a few words about the developments in pharmacology caused by the establishment of the Mongol Empire, and finally, discuss the status of pharmacists in hospitals under the Mongols and Mamluks.

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Authors & Contributors
Mozaffari, S. Mohammad
Gamini, Amir Mohammad
Pfeiffer, Judith
Lit, L. W. C van
Ragab, Ahmed
Witkam, Jan Just
Concepts
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Medicine
Science and religion
Pharmacy
Mathematics
Time Periods
13th century
14th century
19th century
15th century
20th century, early
16th century
Places
Iran
Egypt
India
Middle and Near East
Persia (Iran)
Levant and Near East
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