الأرجوزة الشقرونية - الطب العربي في القرن الثامن عشر من خلال الأرجوزة الشقرونية

by عبد القادر بن شقرون المكناسي, عبد الهادي التازي

227 pages

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Ibn Shakrun or Abu Mohammed Abd al-Kadir ibn al-Arabi al-Munabbahi al-Madaghri ibn Shakrun al-Miknasi (died after 1727/8) was a Moroccan physician and poet and contemporary of Moulay Ismael.[1] He wrote a commentary on a book of grammar, works of poetry and an urjuza (verse composition) on dietetics, hygiene and therapies, Al-Urjuza al-Shaqruniyya fi ilm al-tibb known as simply Shakruniyya, which has remained a well-known work in Morocco for considerable time. He is also the author of a risala titled al-Nafha al-wardiyya fi l'-ushba al-kindiyya on sarsaparilla and the treatment of syphilis. He is not be confused with Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun al-Fasi (died 1801 or 1804), a religious scholar from Fes, who played an active role in the accession of Mulay Slimane as a member of the so-called ahl al-hadith group.