Author | Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari |
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Original title | Firdaws al-ḥikma |
Language | Arabic |
Genre | Encyclopedia |
Publication date | 850 |
Publication place | Abbasid Caliphate |
The Firdaws al-ḥikma (فردوس الحكمة),[1] known in English as the Paradise of Wisdom,[2] is a medical encyclopedia written by Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari and completed around 850. It is one of the earliest Islamic medical encyclopedias, if not the earliest.