Author
Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī
Publication Date
Ramaḍān 703 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place
Tabriz -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
215 x 115 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5619
Record ID
vdc_100061383153.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Ramaḍān 703 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Four treatises on pharmacy and dietetics by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (Najīb al-Dīn Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Umar al-Samarqandī, d. 1222).
Contents:
(1)
Uṣūl al-tarākīb
(Originals of Compositions, ff. 2r-36r);
(2)
Kitāb aghdhiyat al-marḍ
Yes
(Book of Foods for the Sick, ff. 36v-55v);
(3)
Kitāb al-aghdhiyah wa-al-ashribah
(Book of Foods and Drinks, ff. 56r-123r);
(4)
al-Qarābādhīn ʿalá tartīb al-ʿilal
(Al-Qarabadhin according to the order of reasons, ff. 124r-192r).
The manuscript was transcribed at Tabrīz during the last ten days of Ramaḍān 703/late-April or early-May 1304 by ‘Umar ibn Muḥammad ibn Salām ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Irbīlī (Omar ibn Muhammad ibn Salam ibn Abdullah al-Irbīlī), who produced the copy for his own use (ff. 123r, lines 18-20 and 192r, lines 6-10). Ellis and Edwards (
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
[1912], p. 46) take this
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
Information to have been copied from the exemplar and date the manuscript to the 15th century. Hamarneh (
Catalog of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
[1975], Item 178, p. 157) gives a transmission date of 15 Jumādá I 874/20 November 1469, but gives no indication of where this information is found in the manuscript.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 46
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Items 175, 178-9 and 187, pp. 156-8 and 160-1
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from J.J. Naaman, 11 July 1899
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
Uṣūl al-tarākīb أصول التراكيب Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
69 images
Ref: Or 5619, ff 2r-36r
Kitāb aghdhiyat al-marḍá كتاب أغذية المرضى Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
39 images
Ref: Or 5619, ff 36v-55v
Kitāb al-aghdhiyah wa-al-ashribah كتاب الأغذية والأشربة Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
135 images
Ref: Or 5619, ff 56r-123r
al-Qarābādhīn ʿalá tartīb al-ʿilal القراباذين على ترتيب العلل Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
137 images
Ref: Or 5619, ff 124r-192r
Köken
Muḥammad Badī‘ ibn Muḥammad Amīn Bey al-Mawṣilī (محمد بديع ابن محمد بيك الموصلي): His inscription written at Aleppo recording his acquisition of the manuscript after a pilgrimage to Makkah, with date mid-Rabī‘ I 1221/early-June 1806, and his three seals: one (below) with date 1221/1806-7, another (above right, also appears on ff. 2v, 36v, 56v and 124v) with date 1222/1807-8, and another (above left) with date 1223/1808-9 (f. 2r);
Muḥammad Sa‘īd ibn Muḥammad Badī‘ Bey (محمد سعيد بن محمد بديع بيك): His inscription recording his inheritance of the manuscript presumably from his father Muḥammad Badī‘ Bey, whom he calls 'the late' (المرحوم), without date, and his seal, without legible date (ff. 1r and 2r);
Muḥammad Yūsuf (محمد يوسف): His seal, with date 1270/1853-4 (f. 2r);
Large, circular waqf seal, mostly illegible (f. 2r).
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Cherif, Tarabein, Contribution à l’histoire de la pharmacie arabe. Étude particulière du manuscrit intitulé: "Al-Nadjibiate al-Samarkandiate" (Strasbourg: Faculté de Pharmacie, 1952)
Ullmann, Manfred, Die Medizin im Islam (Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 170 and 339
