Badr al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Bahrām ibn Muhammad al-Qalānīsi al-Samarqandi was a famous Iranian physician. Despite dispute among scholars, including Leclerc, Brockelmann, Kahhāla, Zahir al-Baba (the editor of Qalānīsi's Qarabadin), lived in the 6th-7th century A.H. based on facts found in his only available book Qarābāḍīn; and literature of descendant physicians who used or quoted his ideas. As he stated, lack of sources with clear manual of preparing and using compound medicines, encouraged al-Qalānisī, to write his book using reputative Greek and Islamic references like works of Galen, Dioscorides, Thābit ibn Qurra, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Ṭabari, Rhazes, Al-Bīrūnī, Avicenna while mentioning them by abbreviations. Following a noteworthy introduction about simple drugs, he has explained how to prepare, preserve and use compound drugs, in forty-nine chapters. The main subject of two last chapters is how to get rid of vermins, and some supernatural or magical uses of simple medicines, with citation of references. Al-Qalānīsi has noteworthy innovations in preparation and using compound medicines that individuates his work. His book has recently been translated into Persian but there are some criticisms on it.
Kazemi M. Badr al-Dīn Muhammad al-Qalānīsi and his impact on pharmacy in the Islamic age. jiitm 2022; 13 (3) :245-250 URL: http://jiitm.ir/article-1-1531-en.html