Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad Aqsara'i, also written al-Aqsara'i, was a 14th century Persian physician.

He is known for his commentary on the Mujiz, which was an epitome made in the 13th century by Ibn al-Nafis of the Canons of Medicine of Avicenna. The Canons of Medicine is a monumental work in the history of Medicine, written by Avicenna. ... Avicenna was the greatest of the medieval Islamic physicians, whose work had a direct impact on the Renaissance. ...

Al-Aqsara'i studied medicine with his father, under whose tutelage he first read the Mujiz. Thereafter he studied the Canons of Medicine itself, as well as the Hawi by Razi and the Complete Book on Medicine by al-Majusi, as well as the medical writings of Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi. He employed these other treatises in his commentary on the Mujiz, and he titled his commentary "The Key to the Mujiz" (Hall al-Mujiz). The Canons of Medicine is a monumental work in the history of Medicine, written by Avicenna. ... Rhazes-Treating a Patient (artist unknown) Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Zakariya al-Razi (born in Rayy, Iran, 864; died in Baghdad, Iraq, 930 AD) was a versatile Persian philosopher (hakim), who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry (alchemy) and philosophy. ... Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi, that is, the Magian, was a famous Persian physician. ...

He died in 1379.

Sources

For medieval biographical references to him and his commentary, many copies of which are preserved in libraries today, see:

• C. Brockelmann, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, 1st edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1889-1936). Second edition, 2 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 1943-49). Page references will be to those of the first edition, with the 2nd edition page numbers given in parentheses. vol. 1, p. 457 (598)
• A. Z. Iskandar, A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: The Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967), pp. 55 and 100-103.
• A.Z. Iskandar, A Descriptive List of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (Leiden: Brill, 1984), p. 44.

See also

• List of Iranian scientists