Abstract The mystical method of taḥqīq (‘realization’ or ‘verification’ divine truth), as promoted by the Andalusian thinker Ibn ‘Arabi (d. 1240), was central to project managing religious difference in Mughal empire. key architect deploying for imperial purposes emperor Akbar's senior minister, ideologue, and spiritual devotee, Abu al-Fazl. Specifically, I analyse how concept appears al-Fazl's...

Normal ageing is often accompanied by loss of appetite and decrease in food intake. Weight loss of senescence is called anorexia of ageing. As an outstanding scientist and physician of Traditional Persian Medicine, Avicenna has introduced an unconventional approach to seniors. He also believed that the elderly should consider special schemes in order to maintain their health. These schemes incl...

Zusammenfassung Für die 1923 ins Leben gerufene DVjs sollten gemäß dem Programm ihrer Gründer das Mittelalter und mittelalterliche Literatur eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Der vorliegende Beitrag analysiert, wie dieses in der Praxis realisiert Verhältnis von Literaturwissenschaft Geistesgeschichte wechselnden Perspektiven konturiert wurde: den frühen Ansätzen eines Günther Müller, Wolfgang Stamml...

Tracheostomy was first described by Greco-Roman physicians, including Paulus of Aegina. Medieval Islamic clinicians extended the Greco-Roman ideas with substantial contributions to the field of surgery, including tracheostomy. Although Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE) stated that he had not heard or read of any Islamic physicians having performed tracheostomy, there is evidence that many prominent Isla...

This paper gives a genera l ized overview of RESEDA, an i n t e r a c t i v e quest ion answering system designed p r i m a r i l y f o r use by h i s t o r i a n s . I t s data base cons is ts o f h i s t o r i c a l i n f o rma t i on , which a t temps to descr ibe the a t t i t u d e s , p o l i t i c a l , r e l i gious and i n t e r p e r s o n a l , of the ch ie f characters of the pe r i...