Aydınlı Hacı Pasha, real name Celâleddin Hızır, was a physician and religious scholar who lived in the second half of the 14th century and the beginning of the 15th century. He wrote works in Arabic and Turkish in the fields of medicine, theology, logic and tafsir; Due to his competence in medicine, he was called "Ibn Sina of Anatolia" in later periods.
Education and medicine
It is accepted that he was born in Konya and received his primary education there. Then he went to Cairo and studied religious and rational sciences; Among his teachers was the Hanafi jurist Ekmeleddin el-Bâbertî. Having a serious illness during his student years led him to medicine. After completing his medical education, he worked as a physician at Kalavun Hospital (Bîmâristân-ı Mansûrî) in Cairo.
Later, he returned to Anatolia and served with Aydınoğlu İsa Bey in Ayasluğ (today's Selçuk) and Birgi. The nickname "Aydınlı" dates from this period. He spent the end of his life in Birgi and died there. The date of death is given in different sources as between 1413 and 1424; His tomb is in Birgi.
works
Hacı Pasha's works cover both medical and religious sciences. The most well-known of these is the comprehensive medical book Şifâü'l-eskām ve devâü'l-âlâm, which he wrote in Arabic on behalf of İsa Bey in Ayasluğ in 1381. Among Turkish medical works, Müntahab-ı Şifâ and Teshîl stand out; These are considered among the first medical books written in Turkish in Anatolia.
Kitâbü't-Teâlîm fi't-tıb and el-Ferîde, which is about the benefits of foods, are his other works on medicine. He also wrote commentaries on theology and logic.
Being one of the first physicians to transfer his Arabic medical knowledge into Turkish places Hacı Pasha among the important names in the history of Anatolian medicine.
