In “Rāzī’s Pen or Ibn Sīnā’s Voice? A Stylometric Investigation of the Risāla fī al-Sikanjabīn” (Journal of Digital Islamicate Research), Zahra Alamdar (Iran University of Medical Sciences) and Hamed Arezaei (Iran University of Medical Sciences Tehran) argue that “the precise attribution of historical texts remains a persistent challenge, especially for prolific Islamic Golden Age figures like Rāzī and Ibn Sīnā. This is exemplified by a concise treatise on Sikanjabīn, a significant compound in Islamic medicine, attributed to both luminaries in extant manuscripts. This study employs computational stylometry, a quantitative method for analyzing writing style, to resolve this authorship debate….This paper concludes Risāla fī al-Sikanjabīn is attributable to Rāzī, offering an empirically grounded resolution to a centuries-old enigma in Islamic medicine, showcasing digital humanities efficacy in complex inquiries.” [login required]
