Open AccessTHE RISALAH FI TADBIR SAFAR AL-HAJJ
Author(s) -
Lilik Rofiqoh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
al qalam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2620-598X
pISSN - 1410-3222
DOI - 10.32678/alqalam.v28i2.891
Subject(s) - pilgrimage , hajj , arabic , classics , philosophy , arabic literature , history , islam , art , ancient history , literature , theology , linguistics
It is well known that a large amount of knowledge had been transformed by the Greek's scientist through the works of the scribes who translated various knowledge into Arabic who then retranslated them info other languages. One of the important works of the Greek scientist is a treatise on Medical Regime for the Pilgrims to Mecca that was edited by Gerrit Bos. The author of this work, a Christian scholar named Qusta' ibn Luqa, knows the condition of Mecca quite well that he could write such a complete guide on medicine for somebody who wanted to perform the pilgrimage to the holy city. This, this article aims at describing this prominent work of Qusta' ibn Luqo through the text edition written by Gerrit Bos.
Keywords: Qusta' ibn Luqo, Gerrit Bos, manuscript, pilgrimage