A Historical Study of the Position of pharmacists and Structure of Hospital Pharmacies in Islamic Civilization (Half of the Second Century to the Middle of the Eighth Century AH)

 Pharmacy and pharmacists located in it with various functions of manufacturing and providing medicine as one of the important parts of the hospital during the Islamic civilization has played an important role and position. The words al-Adawiya treasure, al-Sharab treasure, pharmacy, Sidna and Sididani are used in Islamic period texts for the name of the pharmacy. The purpose of this article is to answer the question of what is the position of pharmacists and the structure of hospital pharmacies in Islamic civilization.

 This research is based on a descriptive-analytical methodology and the information was collected in a library, followed by a search for historical sources in order to categorize and analyze data for the article.

 Pharmacies of the Islamic period were one of the most important parts of the hospital and pharmacists, along with physicians, played an important role in providing medicine to patients. The history of pharmacies is closely related to the social, economic, cultural and therapeutic history of its time and is an integral part of Islamic culture and civilization.

 Hospital pharmacies in the Islamic period had a hierarchy, including the head, the Khazen, some pharmacist assistants and a number of vendors who worked under the supervision of Mohtar or senior sididani and played an important role in improving patients.