Pazhuheshi dar Taba’e al-Heyvan

• Persian Title: پژوهشی در طبائع الحیوان
• Transliterated Title: Pazhūhishī dar Ṭabāʾiʿ al-Ḥayawān
• English Title: A Study of Ṭabāʾiʿ al-Ḥayawān
• Author: Yūsuf al-Hādī (introductory study to the critical edition)
• Translator: Muḥammad Bāher
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-600-203-201-0
• Publication Year: 2020
• Pages: 161
• Format: PDF
• Category: Textual Studies
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 344

【Summary】

This book presents a focused research study on Ṭabāʾiʿ al-Ḥayawān, authored by Sharaf al-Zamān Ṭāhir al-Marwazī, a physician and scholar active during the Seljuk period. Al-Marwazī served at the court of Malik-Shāh (r. 465–485 A.H.) and likely continued his medical career under subsequent rulers, possibly including Sultan Sanjar (r. 511–552 A.H.). He maintained close intellectual ties with prominent Seljuk viziers such as ʿAmīd al-Mulk Kundurī and Niẓām al-Mulk Ṭūsī.

Drawing on the introduction to the critically edited text, the study situates Ṭabāʾiʿ al-Ḥayawān as an encyclopedic work spanning zoology, natural sciences, medicine, history, geography, and anthropology. The volume clarifies the author’s intellectual milieu, sources, and methods, and highlights the work’s importance for understanding scientific knowledge and cultural exchange in the Seljuk era.