Attar Neyshaburi, A mystic poet or a poet of pharmacist and physician
Farid al - Din Mohammad Neyshaburi (1146 - 1221 AD) known as Attar , is a pharmacist and Iranian poet in the 6th and 7th centuries AH . Attar i meant a set of activities related to medicine including pharmacy, selling medicine and treatment. The purpose of this study is to introduce Attar as a physician and pharmacist and the effects of these sciences on his works.
This i s a descriptive - histor ical study based on library resources. By referring to the compilations of Attar and using the keywords Attar Neyshaburi , poet of physician and poet of pharmacist the desired materials were collected and presented after analysis.
The use of words related to medicine and treatment in the works of Attar indicates his interest in pharmacy and medicine along with writing poems. Some great people have introduced Attar as greatness man in their works. The title of Attar has been a ttributed to him because he had a large pharmacy, made and sold medicine and treated patients.
This research has been done only by relying on library resources and the principle of fidelity and honesty of citing the used texts, the originality of the sources and avoiding bias in referring to texts or analyzes have been observed.
Attar is one of the poets who has had enough information about the pharmaceutical knowledge of his time and knew the medicinal plants well. The refore, we can consider him as a poet of pharmacy who is the pioneer in the phytotherapy. However, his name is not mentioned in the list of Iranian physicians but it is suggested that more research can be done on his poetic and prose works getting to know better of the high position of this great poet.
Attar Neyshaburi , Poet , Mystic , Physician , Pharmacist , Medical History
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