Muhammad Aqa-Kermani
Encyclopedia
Muhammad Aqa-Kermani also written Aqkirmani was an 18th century Persian physician from Kerman
, Iran
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Little is known of Muhammad Aqkirmani's life except that he was active around the year 1747.
He is known by an encyclopedia that is preserved today, as well as three other treatises, all of a lexigraphical or encyclopedic nature.
His only medical writing appears to be the treatise on dental hygiene
that is preserved in a manuscript at The National Library of Medicine. This is the only treatise the NLM has dealing specifically with dental hygiene . It is a unique copy of a treatise on the proper regimen with the toothbrush (siwak) No other copy is recorded. The treatise is titled: Risalah fi hukm al-siwak ("Essay on the Regimen of the Toothbrush"), written in 1747.
Kerman
- Geological characteristics :For the Iranian paleontologists, Kerman has always been considered a fossil paradise. Finding new dinosaur footprints in 2005 has now revealed new hopes for paleontologists to better understand the history of this area.- Economy :...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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Little is known of Muhammad Aqkirmani's life except that he was active around the year 1747.
He is known by an encyclopedia that is preserved today, as well as three other treatises, all of a lexigraphical or encyclopedic nature.
His only medical writing appears to be the treatise on dental hygiene
Oral hygiene
Teeth cleaning is part of oral hygiene and involves the removal of dental plaque from teeth with the intention of preventing cavities , gingivitis, and periodontal disease. People routinely clean their own teeth by brushing and interdental cleaning, and dental hygienists can remove hardened...
that is preserved in a manuscript at The National Library of Medicine. This is the only treatise the NLM has dealing specifically with dental hygiene . It is a unique copy of a treatise on the proper regimen with the toothbrush (siwak) No other copy is recorded. The treatise is titled: Risalah fi hukm al-siwak ("Essay on the Regimen of the Toothbrush"), written in 1747.
Sources
For his compositions, other than the medical one mentioned above, see:- Carl BrockelmannCarl BrockelmannCarl Brockelmann , German Semiticist, was the foremost orientalist of his generation. He was a professor at the universities in Breslau, Berlin and, from 1903, Königsberg...
, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, 1st edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1889–1936). Second edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1943–49). Page references will be to those of the first edition, with the 2nd edition page numbers given in parentheses. vol. 2, p. 454 (604). - Carl BrockelmannCarl BrockelmannCarl Brockelmann , German Semiticist, was the foremost orientalist of his generation. He was a professor at the universities in Breslau, Berlin and, from 1903, Königsberg...
, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Supplement, 3 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1937–1942). vol. 2, p. 674 no. 7.
See also
- List of Iranian scientists