Author
Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn
Publication Date
3 Ramaḍān 690 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 9452, ff 62r-64v
Record ID
vdc_100023514891.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
3 Ramaḍān 690 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
The three short poems on f. 62r are not about medicine.
The seven medical extracts are as follows:
1. Recipe for the medicine
bakhtajūsh
(بختجوش) made from grape juice (f. 62v)
2. Discussion of two bezoars (بادزهر), the
ḥajar al-thīrān
(حجر الثيران) and the
ḥajar al-tays
(حجر التيس) and their medical uses taken from the
Ṣaydanah
of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (ff. 62v-64r)
3. Discussion of the 'narcissus fly' (ذباب النرجس) and its bite (f. 64r)
4. Recipe for the clay of wisdom (طين الحكمة), a highly heat resistant clay used for protecting laboratory glassware (f. 64r)
5. Recipe for an Indian animal-based medicine that was available in Basra at the same price as musk (ff. 64r-v)
6. Aphrodisiac recipe presented by Jibrā’il ibn Bakhtīshū‘ to the Caliph al-Ma’mūn (f. 64v)
7. Discussion of the medicinal uses of a number of trees (f. 64v)
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