Muqim Arzani

Who is Muqim Arzani?

Muhammad Akbar ibn Mir Hajji Muhammad Muqim Arzani was a physician from Persia.

Arzani was a celebrated Sufi physician of the late 17th and early 18th century. He composed many medical treatises, including the Qarabadin-i Qadiri, a pharmacopoeia written as a tribute to Sayyid Abd al-Qadir of Gilan who was the founder of the Sufi order of which Arzani was a member.

Arzani also wrote a handbook of medicine for beginners, a commentary on the Qanunchah by Jaghmini; Tibb-i Akbari, composed in 1700CE, which was an expanded version of the Arabic treatise Sharh al-asbab wa-al-‘alamat by Burhan al-Din Nafis ibn ‘Iwad al-Kirmani; a Persian treatise on the illnesses occurring during pregnancy and breast-feeding and the diseases of infants; and Mujarrabat-i Akbari, a formulary of compound remedies.