Burhan-ud-din Kermani

Burhān al-Din Nafīs ibn ‘Iwad al-Kirmanī (Persian: برهان الدین نفیس بن عوض بن حکیم کرمانی), better known as Burhan-ud-Din Kermani, was a 15th-century Persian physician from Kerman.

His fame and fortune were so vast that Ulugh Beg, a Timurid king, requested his presence in Samarqand, and made him his special physician.

During his stay in Samarqand, he wrote a number of books about medicine, some of which took so long that he finished them after he returned to Kerman.

He is the first to describe "Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation" (CPR), in ancient Persia, as a combination of "strong movements and massive chest expansion" (for induction and support of breathing), and "compression of left side of the chest" (equivalent of cardiac compression).

Sharh Mujaz al-Qanun li Ibn Sina fi al-Tibb, which he completed in 841 H.E., written in Arabic.