Author
Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Ṣā’in al-Dīn Ilyās al-Shīrāzi
Publication Date
Shawwal 731
Publication Place
Egypt or Syria -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
238 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 13383
Record ID
vdc_100030795890.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Shawwal 731
Notes
Medical encyclopedia by Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Ṣā’in al-Dīn Ilyās al-Shīrāzi (Najm al-Dīn Mahmoud bin Sa’in al-Din Ilyas al-Shirazi, d. 730/1330; see text in
shamsa
on f. 2r).
This copy was produced for ‘Abd al-Raḥīm ibn Ibrāhīm (Abdul Rahim ibn Ibrahim, see text in lower cartouches on ff. 1v-2r) by Maḥmūd ibn ‘Umar ibn Abī Bakr (Mahmoud ibn Omar ibn Abi Bakr, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 457v, line 13, transcribed below), and was completed during the first third of Shawwāl 731/July 1331, one year after the author's death.
The text is divided into five books (articles) each subdivided into numerous chapters (sections), and a table of contents appears on ff. 3v-12r:
Book One: Diseases Occurring From Head to Foot
Book Two: Fevers (the second treatise on fevers; ff. 187r-232v [27 chapters]);
Book Three: Diseases Occurring in External Body Parts (ff. 232v-333r [107 chapters]);
Book Four: Well-known Simple Medicines - and we have avoided discussing rare ones (The fourth article is about famous individual medicines and we refrained from mentioning the strange ones; ff. 333v-374r [28 chapters - one for each letter of the Arabic alphabet]);
Book Five: Rules for Composing Compound Medicines, How to Compound them and How to Use them.
Begins (f. 2v, lines 1-4):
Praise be to God, the One, the Most Glorious, the Most Gloryful, the Creator of the jinn and mankind, the Lord of the angels
And the spirit from which the creations of beings appeared and by which they are revealed and blessings be upon
Muhammad is a sweet blessing, from which the scent of roses wafts, and upon his family and companions as long as it lasts
The clay on the graves wails...
Ends (f. 457v, lines 5-7):
Of saffron, half a dirham, and of pulp of bread torn by hand and sifted
As much as possible, stir well and garnish with peeled almonds and pistachios
And God knows best what is right, and to Him is the return and the return
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 457v, lines 8-20):
The book was completed with the praise of King Al-Wahhab
Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon him
His Prophet Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, his family, his family, and his companions
All at the hands of the weak, skinny slave
Those in need of God Almighty’s mercy and forgiveness
Mahmoud bin Omar bin Abi Bakr is known as Halq
May God forgive him, his parents, and all believers
On the first ten days of Shawwal
In the year seven hundred and thirty-one
Oh God, forgive his owner
For its writer and reader
He greeted you with gratitude
Praiseworthy and praying
Two roundels at either side of the end of the
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
bear the following rhymed blessing for the book's patron (f. 457v):
May his owner be happy and safe
And the longevity and gentleness of the dove
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition, French translation and study of Book Five:
Shīrāzi, Najm al-Dīn Mahmud ibn Ilyās,
Le livre de l'art du traitement de Najm ad-Dyn Mahmoud: Remèdes composés; texte, traduction, glossaires, précédés d'un essai sur la pharmacie arabe
, ed. by Pierre Guigues (Beyrouth: Chez l'auteur, 1903)
Study:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 178
