The most important reference work for pharmacology in the Islamic Era is Materia Medica by Dioscorides, the Greek scientist. It’s also named fi-hayuli-al-Tibb in the Islamic era. There are several different translation of this book in Arabic and Persian. In this article I’m going to introduce a manuscript of one the Arabic translation of this book which hasn’t been mentioned in any bibliographi...

iran enjoys a glorious history in medicine, ophthalmology and optics and has introduced several great physicians and ophthalmologists to the world. the history of ophthalmology dates back to 6000 years ago; unfortunately we have no manuscripts or petrographies from those eras. the oldest document about ophthalmic diseases can be found in avesta. furthermore, as early as 1600 years ago, genta sh...

the information about herbs’ medicinal properties is ample in traditional manuscripts, some of which are of value even in modern medicine. however, it is not usually easy to put it into practice. identifying traditional herbs and determining their scientific names are very challenging, calling for many ethnopharmacological studies. one significant herb in traditional medicine is stoechas. its m...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine and explain the complex interrelationships which influence performance politically connected firms create value for their providers finance other stakeholders. In doing so, it examines between efficiency delivering on corporate a firm with political ties. Design/methodology/approach authors gathered literature from Scopus website. They reviewed 58...

We present the BIBLIMOS project, which aims to address the Western Saharan culture and history, by considering both local ancient Arabic manuscripts and European colonial archives. We describe the project’s context and objectives before focusing on ancient Mauritanian manuscripts, the content of which covers many scientific fields. We assess the current state of such ancient manuscripts’ digita...

This paper aims to give an account of some the manuscripts related Lothar. In its first section attempt is made at retracing a set books that could have belonged Lothar’s library, nowadays known only from secondary sources. second display codices are discussed, either commissioned by Lothar, or dedicated him, such as Gospel Book MS Par. lat. 266 those traditionally referred «Lothar-Gruppe», who...

prof. mohammad-taqi danesh-pajouh was born in 1290/1911. after his primary education in his birth-place, amol, he continued his education and studied clerical topics in qom. then he entered the faculty of law at tehran university and took his bachelor's degree in 1320/1941. he began his career as a librarian in the library of above mentioned faculty, and a few years later, he was appointed...