Thread by @IslamScienceNet

By the twelfth century, hospitals serving the sick and the poor could be found in nearly every Islamic city.
📸In Egypt, the al-Mansur Qalawun Complex in Cairo includes a hospital, school and mausoleum. It dates from 1284-85.

Islamic hospitals were one part of a larger network of charity that included mosques, public kitchens, charitable hotels, and so many other things that allow these hospitals to focus on working with patients.

📸Located in modern-day Turkey, the 13th-century Divrigi Hospital was built alongside a mosque, and the two are a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Read the translation of a young Frenchman’s letter from a Cordóba hospital in the 10th century👇

Ahmed Ragab, Assistant Professor of Religion and Science at Harvard Divinity School, introduces his shining book 👇
📚The Medieval Islamic Hospital: Medicine, Religion and Charity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
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