Author
a number of sections dealing with the various subjects which should be included in the physician's education. The title appears at f. 3r
Publication Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
301 x 174 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 1941
Record ID
vdc_100088054302.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
A treatise on medicine preceded by a number of sections dealing with the various subjects which should be included in the education of the physician. The title appears at f. 3r, line 3. The author's name does not appear but he can be identified as Dā'ūd ibn 'Umar al-Qaṣīr al-Anṭākī (Dawood ibn 'Umar al-Qaṣīr al-Anṭākī; d. 1599), author of the medical encyclopaedia
Tadhkirat ūlī al-albāb wa-al-jāmi
‘ lil-‘ajb al-‘
ujāb
(Remembering the first books and the compilation of the wonders of the wonders). The treatise on medicine represents the majority of the text and is subdivided into a number of chapters (sections) described in the introduction.
A number of diagrams are found in the chapters on mathematics and engineering (ff. 42v-73r).
All known copies of this work appear to have been written in India (see Brockelmann, Carl,
The History of the Arabic Written Tradition: Volume 2
, trans. by Joep Lameer. Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East; volume 117/2 [Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016], p. 420; Brockelmann, Carl,
The History of the Arabic Written Tradition: Volume 2 Supplement
, trans. by Joep Lameer. Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; volume 117/S2 [Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016], p. 510-11;
Catalog of the Arabic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
, no. 337, pp. 522-23).
Contents:
Introduction (ff. 1v-10r);
Grammar (in grammar; ff. 10r-34v);
Natural science (Natural Science; ff. 34v-42v);
Mathematics (Mathematical Science; ff. 42v-55v);
Engineering (the science of geometry; ff. 55v-73r);
Arithmetic (in arithmetic; ff. 73r-83r);
Astrology (the science of the rules of the stars; ff. 83r-96r);
Music (musicology; ff. 96r-106v);
Anatomy (the science of analysis; ff. 106v-118r);
Medicine (Science of Medicine; ff. 118v-319r).
Begins (f. 1v, lines 1-2)
Praise be to Allah Who glorifies Praise be to Him whose heart is peaceful and whose lips are wise, the owner of the king, the glorious
والإکرام
Ends (f. 319r, line 18- f. 319v, line 3):
...وأما ساير أموره فإنه يستعان عليه بالفراسة وليكن هذا آخر
Ma أردنا إيراده فلنختم حامدًا لله وحده ومصليًا على من لا نبي بعده سائلًا أن يكفينا إفراط من ينطق عن الهوى
We are ignorant of every command [!] Now I am pleased that the place of acceptance is from Your servants
And the agent sent the book to King Al-Wahab
and Hassan Tawfiqah
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 319v, lines 4-6):
Hasb al-Irshad Faiz Bab Hazrat Sahib Qibla Khdawund Bandgan Rahnamay Gm Shadgan Tabark Bzhat Sharif Molvi
Sharif Sahib Ke Chun Asm Sharif Khod Sharif And Bande Dargah Elahi Amr Sinke [?] As I wrote in the summary of these two
Fake seal in Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased by the Government of India at sale organised by Delhi Prize Agents, 1859; administrative deposit
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Library, 1876
Köken
The Government of India, its seal with central legend 'Delhi MSS' (ff. 1r and 319v)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Other copies:
Brockelmann, Carl,
History of the Arabic Written Tradition: Volume 2
, trans. by Joep Lameer. Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, volume 117/2 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016), p. 420
Brockelmann, Carl,
History of the Arabic Written Tradition: Supplement Volume 2
, trans. by Joep Lameer. Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East, volume 117/S2 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2016), pp. 510-11
Catalogue of the Arabic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
, no. 337, pp. 522-23
Studies:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 181-82
