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{{Short description|Unani physician and writer}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Abdullah Tabib
| native_name = عبدالله طبيب or عبدالله یزدی
| other_names = Abdullah Yazdi, ʿAbdu'llāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Ṭabīb, ʿAbd Allāh Yazdī
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Golconda Sultanate]] (present-day [[South India]])
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| occupation = Unani physician; writer
| era = [[Mughal period]] (Golconda Sultanate)
| notable_works = ''Farid'' (also known as ''Tibb-i Faridi'')
}}

'''Abdullah Tabib''', also known as '''Abdullah Yazdi''',{{efn|Other transliterations of the name include 'Abdu'llāh Ṭabīb, 'Abdu'llāh Yazdī,<ref name="AR_1982"/> 'Abd Allāh Ṭabīb, and 'Abd Allāh Yazdī<ref name="CAS_1971"/>}} was a [[Unani medicine|Unani]] physician and writer from the [[Golconda Sultanate]] of present-day southern India. He is best known for writing the medical book ''Farid'', also known as ''Tibb-i Faridi''.

== Biography ==

Abdullah Tabib was a famous physician of [[Golconda Sultanate|Golconda]].<ref name="BVS">{{cite book |editor=B. V. Subbarayappa |title=Medicine and Life Sciences in India |year=2001 |publisher=[[Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy and Culture]] |page=337 |isbn=978-81-87586-07-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgbbAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Syed Ejaz Hussain |chapter=Rise and Decline of Surgery in Indigenous Medicine with Emphasis on Unani-tibb |editor1=Mohit Saha |editor2=Syed Ejaz Hussain |title=India's Indigenous Medical Systems: A Cross-disciplinary Approach |year=2015 |publisher=Primus |isbn=9789380607627 |page=68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDoOswEACAAJ }}</ref> He lived during the reign of [[Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah]] (r. 1580–1612), to whom he dedicated his work ''Farid''.<ref name="CAS_1971"/><ref name="VKR_AS">{{cite book |editor1=V. Kishan Rao |editor2=A. Satyanarayana |title=A Thousand Laurels - Dr. Sadiq Naqvi: Studies on Medieval India with Special Reference to Deccan |volume=2 |year=2005 |publisher=Osmania University |page=699 |oclc=70864651 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DV9uAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> The author calls himself "Abdullah Tabib" in the book's preface. The end of the book's [[Bodleian Library]] manuscript, in which two leaves were added much later, calls him Abdullah [[Yazd]]i.<ref name="AR_1982"/> Another work, ''Subh-i Sadiq'', dates Abdullah Yazdi to the same period, and describes him as an immigrant to India and a pupil of Khwaja Jamaluddin Mahmud Shirazi.<ref name="AR_1982"/>

== Works ==

Abdullah Tabib's ''Farid''{{efn|Also known as ''Tibb-i-Farid'',<ref name="VKR_AS"/> ''Tibbi-i Farid'',<ref name="BVS"/> ''Tibb Farid'',<ref>{{cite book |editor=Hakim Abdul Hameed |title=Studies in History of Medicine and Science |volume=3 |year=1979 |publisher=Institute of History of Medicine and Medical Research |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyYgAQAAMAAJ }}</ref> or ''Tibb-i Faridi''<ref name="CAS_1971"/>}} is a work on medicine that discusses hygiene and treatment of diseases through proper food and simple drugs.<ref name="BVS"/> For example, the author considers ''[[polygonum aviculare]]'' (''anjabar'' or knot grass) as the best drug for treating [[hematuria]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Asoke K. Bagchi |title=Medicine in Medieval India: 11th to 18th Centuries |year=1997 |publisher=Konark |isbn=9788122004687 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwHbAAAAMAAJ }}</ref> The introduction of the book discusses the essentials of health and its preservation. The book has a chapter dealing with common human diseases, and a conclusion divided into three parts.<ref name="AR_1982"/> The author quotes from several earlier writers including [[Hippocrates]], [[Plato]], [[Masawaiyh]], [[Abu Bakr al-Razi]], and [[Ibn Zuhr]].<ref name="VKR_AS"/> The manuscripts of ''Farid'' are available at [[Bodleian Library]] (possibly from late 17th century), [[Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library]] (1763 CE), and the [[Government Nizamia Tibbi College|Nizamia Tibbi College]] Library.<ref name="CAS_1971"/><ref name="BVS"/>

The works attributed to Abdullah Yazdi include ''Hashiyah bar Mukhtasar Talkhis'', ''Hashiyah bar Sharh-i Tajrid'', and ''Hashiyah bar Tahzib''.<ref name="AR_1982">{{cite book |author=Abdur Rahman |title=Science and Technology in Medieval India: A Bibliography of Source Materials in Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian |year=1982 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |oclc=9852452 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jY_gAAAAMAAJ |pages=3–4 |section='Abdu'llāh Ṭabīb}}</ref>

According to [[Charles Ambrose Storey]], a work titled ''Tibb i Faridi'', attributed to Farid al-Din, may be same as Abdullah Tabib's Farid. It is known from a manuscript at the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in [[Chennai]], but does not contain any preface or colophon. It contains 368 chapters dealing with a particular disease and its treatment.<ref name="CAS_1971">{{cite book |author=C.A. Storey |title=Persian Literature - a Biobibliographical Survey: Volume II Part 2 - Medicine |year=1971 |publisher=[[Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland]] |isbn=9780700713622 |pages=251–252 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkJUCBGJB_gC }}</ref>

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[[Category:Medical doctors from Telangana]]
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