A Concise History of Science in India c8.s9.22

c8.s9.22

These Hakims made large contributions to the so-called *Tibbi-Unani*. A large part of this literature consisted of the translation, commentaries or summaries of Arabic medical books, or of the translation or adaptation of Āyurvedic works. And some of them are based on any one or both of them. The *Tibbi-Aurangzebi*, which was dedicated to Aurangzeb, is entirely based on Āyurvedic sources. The *Muʻālajāti-Darshikohi* of Nuruddin Muhammad, which was dedicated to Darasdhikoh, is based mainly on the Greek system, but contains at the end almost the whole of Āyurvedic *materia medica*.