The large therapeutic encyclopaedia by Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi usually titled simply 'Causes and Symptoms' (al-Asb?b wa-al-‘al?m?t) was also known by the fuller title Asb?b al-‘ilal wa-‘alamatuha wa-‘ilajuha (The Causes of Illnesses and their Symptoms


The large therapeutic encyclopaedia by Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi usually titled simply 'Causes and Symptoms' (al-Asb?b wa-al-‘al?m?t) was also known by the fuller title Asb?b al-‘ilal wa-‘alamatuha wa-‘ilajuha (The Causes of Illnesses and their Symptoms and their Treatments). The title page, with surrounding notes, including the copyist's name Ahmad ibn Safar al-Üsküdari. Elsewhere in the volume it is stated that A?mad ibn ?afar, a physician of Üsküdar (a suburb of Istanbul) completed the copy in the year 1685/1097 H. From a copy of Naj?b al-D?n al-Samarqand?'s medical compendium Causes and Symptoms.


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