Dawud Ibn Umar Al-Antaki also known asDawud Al-Antaki (Arabic:داؤود الأنطاكي) was a blind Muslim physician and pharmacist active inCairo. He was born during the 16th century inAl-Fu'ah and died around inMecca in 1597.[1] He lived most of his life in Antioch before made a pilgrimage toMecca and took advantage of the trip to visited Damascus and Cairo. He will then settle in Mecca.
Tadhkir al-Qabb is a three-part medical book dealing with herbal medicines and includes descriptions of over 3,000 medicinal and aromatic plants.[3][4]
Daud al-Antaki also wroteThe Book of Precious Kohl for the Evacuation of the President's Eyes an explanation of Ibn Sina's poem. He also wrote three books on astronomy, some books on logic and a book on psychiatry that containshadiths in medical advice.
^Kachef er-roumouz (Révélation des énigmes) d'Abd Er-Rezzaq Ed-Djezaïry; ou Traité de matière médicale arabe d'Abd er-Rezzaq l'Algérien; Leclerc, Lucien, b. 1816; p 12
^Impact of science on societyUnesco - 1976- Volumes 26 à 27 - Page 145 [Reprinted in Ziauddin SardarThe Touch of Midas: Science, Values, and Environment in Islam and the West 1984 p82] "After the work of Ibn Al-Nafis, Muslim creativity in medicine began to decline. Yet the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries produced three great names in the field: Yet the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries produced three great names in the field: the 'Iraqi Yusuf Ibn Isma'il Al-Kutbi, the Turk, Khadir Ibn 'Ali Hajji Basa, and Daud Al-Antaki (d. 1599)."
^Martin Levey Early Arabic Pharmacology: An Introduction Based on Ancient and ... - 1973 Page 170 "Another work, also by a Cairo authority, al-Antaki (d. 1599) must be mentioned because of its popularity in the Near East. It is "Memorandum for Intelligent People." It contains much diverse material but is primarily an alphabetical list of drugs."
^"صفحات من تاريخ العلوم بالحضارة العربية.. داود الأنطاكي صاحب التذكرة (10)". البوابة نيوز. مؤرشف من الأصل في 26 مايو 2018. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 22 يوليو 2020.
