Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Note on Transliteration

Introduction

Origins and Identities

Book Organization

Prologue: A Tale of Two Bīmāristāns

A Deep Inquiry: Care and Cure in Late Antiquity

The (New) Islamicate Story

The Lore of the Bakhtīshūʿs

A Tale of Two Cities and Two Bīmāristāns

Conclusion

Part I Building a Bīmāristān: Bīmāristāns in the Politico„-Architectural„ Landscape

Chapter 1 From Jerusalem to Damascus: The Monumental Bīmāristāns of the Levant

The Bīmāristān as a Monument

Nūr al„-Dīn„ Zankī and His Bīmāristāns

Crusader Hospitals: Friendship, Animosity, and Competition

Ṣalāḥ al„-Dīn„ and Inheriting the Hospitaller Heritage

Conclusion

Chapter 2 Reclaiming the Past: The (New) Bimāristāns of Egypt

Ṣalāḥ al„-Dīn’s„ New Capital: The Making of Cairo Cityscape

Al„-Manṣūr„ Qalāwūn’s Architectural Patronage

Building al„-Bīmāristān„ al-Manṣūrī

Conclusion

Chapter 3 “The Best of Deeds”: Medical Patronage in Mamluk Egypt

Qalāwūn as a Patron of Medicine

The Waqf Document: The Voice of Place

Conclusion

Part II Physicians and Patients

Chapter 4 Theory and Practice: The Reign of the Bīmāristān Physicians

Introduction

Al„-Dakhwār„ and His Circle: Medical Luminaries of Twelfth- and Thirteenth„-Century„ Levant

Theory, Practice, and a (New) Disease„-Oriented„ Approach

Did al„-Dakhwār’s„ Circle Force the Islamization of Medical Practice?

The Other Baghdadi Émigré

Conclusion

Chapter 5 “A House for King and Slave”: Patients and Medical Practice in the Bīmāristān

Introduction

Walking the Bīmāristān’s Halls

Who Were the Bīmāristān Patients?

Patient Meets Physician: Medical Encounter and Examination

How Did Physicians Think in the Bīmāristān?

A Bīmāristānī Pharmacopeia

Conclusion

Conclusion

Annex Who Built the First Islamic Hospital?

Bibliography

Index