9.6 Qusṭā ibn Lūqā al-Baʿlabakkī 
				 He was a translator experienced in languages and accomplished in the philosophical and other sciences. An account of his life and works will be presented later in this work, God willing. See Ch. 10.44 for a lengthy biography. 
			 
				 9.7 Ayyūb, known as al-Abrash (‘the Speckled’) Although IAU does not include al-Ruhāwī in the name, this must be Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī al-Abrash (d. ca. 220/835), otherwise known as Iyob or Job of Edessa. Another short biography of him is given in Ch. 8.22. ‘ Al-abrash (‘the speckled’, or ‘the spotted’) was sometimes used as a euphemism for al-abraṣ (‘the leper’), as in the case of the pre-Islamic Jadhīmah, but whether this meaning was applicable to Job of Edessa is unknown. He was a Christian physician, although his exact confession is unknown, and worked as physician for the Abbasid caliphs and the governor of Khorasan, ‘Abd Allāh ibn Ṭāhir. Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq refers to Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī as the translator of thirty-six Galenic works (Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Risālah , index s.v. Aijūb al-Ruhāwī; Galen Translations , s.v. Ayyūb al-Ruhāwī). On this translator, see Roggema, ‘Iyob of Edessa’. For bibliographic references, see Sezgin, GAS III , 230; Ullmann, Medizin , 101 f. 
				 An unproductive and mediocre translator, until late in life, when he produced a number of translations worthy of Ḥunayn. 
			 
				 9.8 Māsarjīs Māsarjīs, also called Māsarjawayh (Persian Māsargōye), was a physician of Judeo-Persian origin. He is one of the few known physicians from the Umayyad period, but the exact dates of his life are unknown: see EI 2 art. ‘Māsard̲j̲awayh’ (A. Dietrich). His biography is also given in Ch. 8.19. 
				 A translator from Syriac into Arabic, and renowned for his knowledge of the art of medicine. He is the author of works entitled: 
				 
					 1. 
					 On the effectiveness of foods: their beneficial and harmful effects ( K. quwā al-aṭʿimah wa-manāfiʿihā wa-maḍārrihā ) 
					 2. 
					 On the effectiveness of drugs: their beneficial and harmful effects ( K. quwā al-ʿaqāqīr wa-manāfiʿihā wa-maḍārrihā ) 
				 
			 
				 9.9 ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs ‘Īsā, the son of Māsarjīs, was also a physician. Almost nothing is known about his life. See EI 2 art. ‘Māsard̲j̲awayh’ (A. Dietrich). 
				 ʿĪsā ibn Māsarjīs followed in his father’s footsteps. He is the author of: 
				 
					 1. 
					 On colours ( K. al-alwān ) 
					 2. 
					 On scents and flavours ( K. al-rawāʾiḥ wa-l-ṭuʿūm ) 
				 
			 
				 9.10 Shahdā al-Karkhī Little is known about either Shahdā al-Karkhī or his son. Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq states that Ibn Shahdā (written Sahdā) had translated Galen’s De Sectis into Syriac, but was a mediocre translator (Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Risālah , 4; Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq, Galen Translations , 11); he also translated Galen’s Ars medica and De pulsibus ad tirones ( Risālah , 6; Galen Translations , 13, 15). 
				 Shahdā, a native of Karkh, A district of Baghdad. See EI 2 art. ‘al-Kark̲h̲’ (M. Streck & J. Lassner). was much like the aforementioned The expression qarīb al-ḥāl is puzzling; it seems to compare Shahdā to translators mentioned before, with minhum understsood. as a translator.