The 1000th anniversary of the compilation of Iranian physician and philosopher Avicenna’s Kitab al-Qanun fi at-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine) will be commemorated during a one-day meeting, which opens in Tehran today.
The
program will begin at Tarbiat Modares with a reading of a message UNESCO
Director-General Irina Bokova has sent to the meeting, the chancellor of the
university, Bijan Ranjbar, told the Persian service of IRNA on Monday.
The
commemoration has been organized by Tarbiat Modares Tarbiat Modares and the
Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.
The
1000th anniversary of the compilation of Iranian the Canon of Medicine, which
is among the most famous books in the history of medicine, has been registered
on UNESCO’s 2013 celebration list of anniversaries.
Due
to UNESCO’s decision, the occasion will also be commemorated during programs in
Turkey, Uzbekistan and Japan, Ranjbar said.
The
impacts of the Cannon on the development of medical science in the West, the
influence of Avicenna over the Indian subcontinent, and several other subjects
will be discussed at the meeting.
A
large of number of foreign diplomats has been invited to the meeting.
Ranjbar
said that the occasion will be commemorated on Wednesday and Thursday in
Hamedan, the western Iranian city that is home to the tomb of Avicenna.
Source:
MEHR News Agency