Author
Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb Ibn Akhī Ḥizām
Publication Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
257 x 164 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23416
Record ID
vdc_100022599339.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
One of the earliest Arabic texts on veterinary medicine, the treatise on hippiatrics, was written by Abū Yūsuf Yaʿqūb Ibn Akhī Ḥizām (Abu Yusuf bin Yaqub bin Akhī Hizām, see title page, f. 2r), horse trainer of the Abbasid caliph al-Mu‘taḍid (Al-Mu’tadid, reg. 892-902). The treatise is more commonly known as
Kitāb al-furūsīyah wa-l-bayṭarah
(Equestrian and Veterinary Book) or
Kitāb al-khayl wa-l-bayṭarah
(Horse and Veterinary Book).
The text is divided into numerous short chapters (sections). Folios 46v-47r, 67v-68r and 95v-96r have been left blank.
Title page (f. 2r):
Book
Equestrianism and horse riding are what he collected
It was classified by Abu Yusuf Yaqoub bin Akhi
Raed Al-Mu'tadid's belt from the experiences of the Arabs
India, Persians and others
An abridged version of this text is found attributed to Abū Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ‘Atīq al-Azdī (Abu Muhammad Ahmad ibn Atiq al-Azdi) in British Library MS Or. 1523. The two manuscripts have been collated, and folio references to corresponding passages in Or. 1523 are noted in the margins of the present manuscript.
Begins (f. 2v, lines 2-7):
Praise be to God who chose praise to glorify His holiness and accept it from His servants
And he who is satisfied with Him for Himself praises Him and praises Him who submits to His greatness and is humble
His prestige, humbleness due to his fear, humbleness due to his ability, and submissiveness
For His Lordship, Who spread the earth with His Majesty and Glory and settled it
The sky has angels praising Him for which there is no end
There is no end to his gratitude for his blessings and there is no end to his bounty
Ends (f. 173r, lines 10-14):
I learned in Taqi Al-Radi that forts are for horses, not for readers
I found horses proud and pure, relieving the gloom and calming the darkness
We show to the fearful tyrant his advances, and we show to the tramp his gathering of singing
They emerge from the cloaks of dust, like the fingers of a serpent, like the pinched fingers of a snake
They put their insight on their shoulders, and with my insight they become slaves (?)
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 173r, line 15):
The blessed book was completed, thanks to God and His help
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum 1846-71), Item 1365, pp. 633-34
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Mrs Taylor, April 1860
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Shehada, Housni Alkhateeb,
Mamluks and Animals: Veterinary Medicine in Medieval Islam
, (Brill: Leiden, 2013), pp. 118-20 and 169-70
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 219-20
