Introducing Book of Mifṭāh al-Aṭṭārīn by Sa’d al-Din Marghīnānī and Investigating the Causes of Its Anonymity

 The revival of a nation's material and spiritual identity requires the revival of that nation's historical heritage, and manuscripts are part of this valuable heritage. Mifṭāh al-Aṭṭārīn is one of these valuable books that have been written about science of simple medicines and Pharmacology. This article was attempted to introduce this book and its author and also investigate why it and its author has remained anonymity in the Iranian scientific community.

 The present research has been done with a descriptive-analytical approach and based on the collection of research files from library studies.

Ethical Considerations:

 During this research process, while referring to the mentioned context, not only has it been tried that the principle of fidelity and loyalty as well as originality of resources to be taken in account, but it also has been tried to avoid bias in referring to the texts or analyzes.

 The book of Mifṭāh al-Aṭṭārīn, written by Sa’d al-Din Marghīnānī, which was written between the seventh and ninth centuries AH, consists of two articles. The first article contains information about the science of pharmacy and the second one describes separately simple medicines. This article was been introduced this book and its author and also investigated the political, social, religious and even geographical conditions of that time.

 The present article has considered the political, social and scientific situation in the Islamic lands after the Mongol invasion, as the reason why the book and its author remain unknown, because the Mongol domination, on the one hand, led to the stagnation and lack of dynamism of the scientific fields, and on the other hand, due to the lack of integration, political stability and security, caused the rupture of communication between them.