Abu Mansur Muwaffaq

Between 968 and 977 C.E., Muwaffaq compiled his Book of the Remedies (Kitab al-Abniya 'an Haqa'iq al-Adwiya, کتاب الابنیه عن حقائق الادویه),^[2] which is the oldest prose work in New Persian.^{[citation needed]} It is also the only work of his to survive into modern times. The book begins with an introductory general theory of pharmacology.^[3] The body of the work mainly deals with over five-hundred remedies (most of which are plant-based, however seventy-five come from minerals, and forty-four from animals); they are classified into four groups according to their physiological action.^{[citation needed]} Muwaffaq was a consummate scholar, and cited Arab, Greek, Syrian and Ayurvedic authorities.^[3]

The oldest copy of this book that we have is from 1055, which was transcribed by Asadi Tusi, a famous poet, and is in the Austrian National Library.^[4]

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