being contemporary with avicenna and rhazes, abu maher shirazi was born in shiraz the 10th century ad. he was known as the rst inuential physician in shiraz in the islamic period and his students, such as haly abbas, called him a great scientist. concerning his signicant impact on medicine in this era, abu maher shirazi is a good candidate for the title “the founder of shiraz medical doctrine”.

1. Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2. Essence of Parsiyan Wisdom Institute, Traditional Medicine and Medicinal Plant Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 3. Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Research Office for the History of Persian Me...