Author
a short list of laxative ingredients and preparations
Publication Date
984 (AH, Hijri)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 14155, ff 68v-80v
Record ID
vdc_100145443358.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
984 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Inventory of pharmaceutical ingredients, arranged in alphabetical order. Each entry includes the item's humoral properties and uses. This is followed by a short list of laxative ingredients and preparations (in the mention of the medicinal problem, f. 78r-80v) and two pages of medical recipes and notes in Arabic and Persian (f. 81r-81v). The copy was transcribed 'during the months of' 984, probably Rabīʿ I or II (May-July 1576) given its placement between two other dated texts (see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 80v, lines 9-11 transcribed below).
Although the present copy does not acknowledge its authorship, a text by this name is frequently found in copies of the collections of medical writings by Muhammad ibn ʿAlī Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi, Muhammad ibn Ali, d. 1222). title
al-Najībīyah al-Samarqandīyah
. . . .
Begins (f. 68v, lines 2-4):
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace be upon Prophet Muhammad and his family
The Prophets and Messengers mentioned the singular 'Adwiyah used and its wishes attributed to it
Famous as the letter of the thousand keys of the king Har Yabs.
Ends (f. 80v, lines 4-6):
Roman sweet moisture rain in the first and rain rain Yabs in the second hadith from this stratum
I can slice it and stay with it for a while and take something that comes out of the table and try not to let it become contaminated with candy
And Hamid with it is a lot of diarrhea and fever, and Allah knows best
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 80v, lines 7-11):
Completion of the Single Adwiya Book
In the name of Allah, the Almighty
Tawfiqa in the city
984 أربع وثمانين
وتسعمائة
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Iskander, A. Z., 'A Study of al-Samarqandi's medical writings',
Le Museon
, 85 (1972), pp. 451-78, esp. pp. 461-63
