Author
Ali bin Issa Al-Kahhal; Around the year 1011 AH.
Author Original
عليّ بن عيسى الكَحّال؛ حوالي سنة هـ
Publication Date
663 AH/1264 AD; Saturday 7 Rabi’ al-Awwal
Publication Place
Damascus - Syria -
Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Muhammad, nicknamed Minhaj Al-Ashrafi or (Al-Ishraqi)
Subject
Medicine, pharmacy.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
28cm × 18،25cm
Library
Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation
Library Asset ID
الرقم القديم 4532
Record ID
126324
Library Location
Syria (Damascus) - Dar Al-Kutob Al-Dhahiria Library - Syria (Damascus) - Dar Al-Kutob Al-Dhahiria Library
Date
663 AH/1264 AD; Saturday 7 Rabi’ al-Awwal
Notes
Al-Qifti calls the author Isa bin Ali and mentions that he is one of Hunayn’s students. This is a confusion, as Isa bin Ali, one of the translators in the ninth century, is another person who has no relation to Al-Kahhalin’s recollection, and due to the closeness of the two names, error and confusion occurred. Ali bin Issa was skilled in the manufacture of eyeliner and one of the most famous people who wrote on this subject in this era, and his memoirs became a reference for eyeliners who specialized in treating eye diseases and who were examining under it to obtain a license in ophthalmology. (And Tadhkirat al-Kahhalin) includes three articles, the first on the definition of the eye and some of its anatomy and actions as an organ in the body, the second on diseases of the eye that are visible to the senses, and the third on hidden diseases. The beginning of this manuscript is the end of Chapter Seventeen of the first article. Chapter 18 mentions the number of eye muscles and the positions of the ligaments, and Chapter 19 is about the nostril nerve and its origin, and the command of the motor nerve and its origin. The end of the first article is about how vision and psychological arousal occur, and a discussion of the eyelids. The manuscript includes the second article on diseases apparent to the senses, their causes, the relationship of each disease and its treatment, and it is located in 73 chapters, the first of which is on the principles and constitutions to be worked on in treating the eye and what the eyeliner should do when vomiting, and a number of diseases of the eyelids, scabies, petrification, stye in the eye, inversion of the hair and ingrown hairs in the eyelids, shingles, shingles, urticaria, ant, warts, conjunctival diseases of the eyelid and their treatment, diseases of the conjunctiva, pterygium, pannus, buboes, and water in the eye. And how to mug it. Then he mentions the sores in the eyes, their cancer, the moisture of the cornea, the rest of the diseases that come with them, and the constriction of the pupil, and he prescribes medicines for treatment, for example: “Ithmad is cold and dry, it dries, it astringents, it benefits the scalp, it strengthens the hair of the eyelids, it heals the sores, and it preserves the health of the eye... Opium is cold and dry in the fourth (degree) anesthetic that prevents substances and soothes the pain... Ashq is hot in the third (degree) and it softens and softens the thickening of the eyelids and scabs, and is useful (against) warts of the eye.” Then he says, “This is a collection of all the medicines that are used to treat eye ailments, and I have reached what you asked for with all the effort, and I ask God... that it will benefit me, and I ask you, may God bless you, that if you read it, consider it well, for I hastened to compose it and compile it in order to quickly fulfill your need. If there is a mistake in it, then I hope that you will correct it after you have looked at it.” Thus ends the second article, and in this conclusion we find room to criticize this famous illustrator, as he did not find in himself enough confidence to present his most famous books in order to ask those who wanted to benefit from him to correct whatever errors he found in them. Perhaps this is humility and an admission of shortcomings. The manuscript completes this with the end of the second article. This manuscript is followed by four leaves containing a collection of miscellaneous medical prescriptions and eye drops in a different script, which are undoubtedly late additions. Although the Dhahiriyya manuscript contains only a small part of the first article and the second article, it is important for the reason that it was transmitted in the thirteenth century. It needs new arrangement and binding. In the Tob Qobo Saray library in Istanbul, I found two manuscripts under the numbers 1955 and 1964 for Tadhkirat al-Kahhalin. See Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi Kutuphanesi Arapca Yasmalar Katalogu by Fehmi Edhem, Karatay Ve 0. Rser C. II- Hadis Ve Vekih, Istanbul, 1964. The index of medical manuscripts is pending publication. There are copies in India, Cairo, Istanbul and elsewhere.
Yazı hakkında notlar
جميل وواضح وأنيق للغاية ومشكل
Durum
مبتور من الأول، توجد أوراق كثيرة منه ناقصة وبعضها مخروم ومجلد بدون ترتيب وفي غير موضعه.
Satır sayısı
15
Kaynakça
أخبار العلماء، ص 164؛ عيون الأنباء في طبقات الأطباء، ج 1، ص 247؛ هدية العارفين، ج 1، ص 685؛ كشف الظنون، ج 1، ص 275 ــ 276.
Yazı türü
Naskh
