The science of medicine during the İlkhanid period (institutions and therapeutic practices)

The Mongol invasion stands out as one of the greatest events of plunder and destruction in human history. After nearly fifty years of destruction and plunder, the Ilkhanid Khanate, a branch of the Mongol Dynasty centered in Azerbaijan, was established with the capture of Baghdad and a new era opened in the Near East. This period brought with it significant changes as well as destruction. This change and transformation has manifested itself particularly clearly in the field of science. With the influence of the Ilkhanate State, Islamic and Roman medicine reached Chinese lands, and in return, Chinese medicine began to be recognized and practiced in western Asia. In this study, focusing on the factors that were effective in the development of Ilkhanid medical science, medical education within the framework of the hospitals established in this period, the diseases suffered by physicians, the inns and the statesmen around them, and the diagnosis and treatment methods of these diseases were examined.