Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, India.
different streams of science being Botany as a main subject, are described in the present work.
importance of plants resulted in their becoming an important topic of Arabic literature.
result that it was transformed into a garden.
gardening and love for flowers .
Romans, Nabateans and Persians for learning it. They also translated their botanical works into Arabic.
astronomer and logician Who compiled a number of works on various subjects.
about the plants, he entered them into his book illustrating them with the pictures representing the colours of plants.
him. Thus the total number of discourses is seven.
and animals and their fluids. The third discourse discusses the roots of plants, the thorny plants and similar topics.
poisonous effects. The fifth discourse mentions different kinds of drinks and mineral drugs. (5).
hospital of the city where he practiced medicine.
met some well known botanists in the Maghrib and other places.
6. Various types of flavours , flowers, etc.
7. Description of the days, months, weathers, etc., suitable for cultivation.
The first geographer and traveller who mentioned plants in his books was Ibn al-Wádih al-Ya'qübi (d.
their common and local names. He derived information from the works of Ibn Sinä, Ibn al-Baitar and Da'ud al-Antaki.
1. Al-Baghdadi, Ismail Basha,Hadiyyat al-'Arifin , Istanbul, 1951, Vol. I, p. 623.
3. Sarton George, Introduction to the History of Science,Washington, 1950, Vol. I, p. 707.
4. Al-Qifti, 'Ali Ibn Yusuf ,Tarikh al-Hukama,Leipzig, 1903, p. 324.
5. Ibid. p. 94, Ahmad 'Isa, Tarikh al-Nabat Ind al-'Arab ,Cairo, 1944, p. 38.
6. Al-Zirakli, Khair al-Din, Al- A'lam, Beirut,1955, (2nd Edition), Vol. III, p. 49.
7. Sarton, op. cit., Vol. II, P4rt I, p. 424.
8. Ibid. , Part II, p. 663.
9. Al-Zirakli, Vol. I, p. 210.
10.Al-Baghdadi, op. cit., Vol. II, p. 520.
11. Ahmad 'Isa, Op. cit., Cairo, 1944, p. 110.
13. Al-Zirakil, Vo. 7, p. 250.
14. Al-Baghdadi, op. cit., Vol. I, p. 362.
15. Kahhalah, 'Umar Rida, Mu'jam al-Mu'llifin, Damascus, 1958, Vol. 5, p. 218.