Islam and healing: loss and recovery of An Indo-Muslim medical tradition 1600-1900

By:

Alavi, Seema

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Himalaya Permanent Black 2007Description: 384p., hbISBN:

9788178241951

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.938 ALA

Summary: Indo-Muslim medicine—or the Unani tradition—developed in South Asia alongside Mughal political culture. While it healed the body, it also had a profound bearing on the social fabric of the region. Seema Alavi’s book shows the nature and extent of this Islamic healing tradition’s interaction with Indian society and politics from roughly 1600 to 1900.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	Medical sciences	610.938 ALA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000484

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Indo-Muslim medicine—or the Unani tradition—developed in South Asia alongside Mughal political culture. While it healed the body, it also had a profound bearing on the social fabric of the region. Seema Alavi’s book shows the nature and extent of this Islamic healing tradition’s interaction with Indian society and politics from roughly 1600 to 1900.

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