An Evaluation on Mayyafariqin Hospital in the Light of Some New Data

ACIDUMAN A., TUZCU K.

BELLETEN, vol.80, no.289, pp.741-757, 2016 (AHCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 80 Issue: 289
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Journal Name: BELLETEN
  • Journal Indexes: Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.741-757
  • Keywords: Mayyafariqin, Bimaristan, Dar al-shifa, History of Turkish medicine, History of medicine
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Bimaristan (hospital) of Mayyafariqin which was one of the oldest hospitals in Anatolia was built during Marwanids' period [983-1085]. Amir Nasir al-Dawla [r. 1011-1061] had the hospital constructed with Zahid al-Ulama's suggestion and he devolved it properties for pious purposes, as well. It is possible to say that the dates 414 [1023/24] and the first day of Shawwal 417 [15 November 1026] given by Ibn al-Azraq and Ibn al-Matran were the beginning of the construction and the start of services of the hospital, respectively. During research, no record was obtained supporting claims in the literature that the hospital built in the Marwanids' era and the one in the Artuqids' era were different. So it seems feasible to propound that Mayyafariqin Hospital had been built by Nasir al-Dawla and it stood and provided services during Artuqids' era and its waqfs were rearranged in Najm al-Din Alpi period.