Nurbakhshi

This article is about the Persian physician. For the Islamic sect, see Noorbakshia Islam. For its founder, see Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani.

The Prophet and the Persian physician, miniature by ‛Abid. Mughal India, ca. 1645. Freer Gallery of Art

Baha' al-Dawlah ibn Siraj al-Din Shah Qasim ibn Muhammad al-Husayni Nurbakhshi (also sometimes called Nuri rather than Nurbakhshi), was a 15–16th century Persian physician.

He obtained court favor in both Persia and Baghdad. He is known for one treatise, a medical compendium called Khulasat al-tajarib (The Summary of Experience) which he composed in 1501 in the village of Tarasht, which was near the town of Ray, present-day Tehran.

See also

• List of Iranian scientists

Sources

For evidence regarding his life and probable date of death, see:

• Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Persian Medical Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles: A Descriptive Catalogue, Humana Civilitas, vol. 4 (Malibu: Udena Publications, 1978), pp 62–64
• C.A. Storey, Persian Literature: A Bio-Bibliographical Survey. Volume II, Part 2: E. Medicine (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1971), pp 230–231.