Author
‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ‘Alī ibn’ Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī
Publication Date
625 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Baghdad (?) -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
200 x 146 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 8293, ff 2r-128v
Record ID
vdc_100023483503.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
625 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
The medical formulary of Amīn al-Dawlah Abū al-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣa‘īd known as Ibn al-Tilmīdh (d. 560 AH/AD 1165), chief physician at the ‘Aḍudī Hospital in Baghdad, and later court physician to the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtafī (reg. 1136-1160). This copy was completed some 63 years after the author’s death, in 625 AH/AD 1227-28 by ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī, probably at Baghdad (see title page f. 2v, lines 6-9, transcribed below).
The text is divided into 20 chapters (chapters; see table of contents on ff. 2v-3r):
First chapter on tablets (‘Chapter 1: Pastilles’; ff. 3v-18v);
Chapter Two on Pills and Electuaries (‘Chapter 2: Pills and electuaries [īyārjāt]’; ff. 19r-27v);
Chapter Three on Sophiat (‘Chapter 3: Powders’; ff. 28r-35r);
Chapter 4 on Pastes (‘Chapter 4: Pastes’; ff. 35r-41v defective at end);
Chapter Five on the Jawārishnāt (‘Chapter 5: Electuaries [jawārishnāt]’; defective at beginning ff. 42r-48v);
Chapter Six, on lewdness and misconduct (‘Chapter 6: Remedies to lick [la‘ūqāt] and concentrated fruit juices [rubūb]’; ff. 49r-56v);
Chapter Seven on Syrups (‘Chapter 7: Syrups’; ff. 49r-68v);
Chapter 8 on nannies (‘Chapter 8: Marmalades [murabbayāt]’; ff. 68v-70r);
Chapter Nine on decoctions (‘Chapter 9: Decoctions’, ff. 70r-79r);
Chapter Ten on Al-Akhal, Dharūrāt, and Shayāfat (‘Chapter 10: Dry eye-powders [akḥāl], eye-powders [dharūrāt] and wet eye-powders [shīyāfāt]’; ff. 79r-89r);
Chapter Eleven on Oils (‘Chapter 11: Oils’; ff. 89v-93r);
Chapter Twelve on Ointments (‘Chapter 12: Salves’; ff. 93r-99v);
Chapter Thirteen on plasters and plasters (‘Chapter 13: Plasters and spreadable remedies [aṭlīyah]’; ff. 99v-111r);
Chapter Fourteen on Enemas and Wicks (‘Chapter 14: Enemas and suppositories’; ff. 111v-117r);
Chapter Fifteen on dry medicines and toothpicks (‘Chapter 15: Dry remedies and dentifrices’; ff. 117v-121v);
Chapter Sixteen on obesity (‘Chapter 16: Clarified Butter’; ff. 121v-123v);
Chapter Seventeen on Snuffs and Gargles (‘Chapter 17: Snuffs and Gargles’; ff. 123v-125r);
Chapter Eighteen on medications for nosebleeds (‘Chapter 18: Remedies for nosebleeds’; ff. 125r-126r);
Chapter Nineteen on Remedies for Vomiting (‘Chapter 19: Remedies for Vomiting’; ff. 126v-127v);
Chapter Twenty: What drives and maintains the race (‘Chapter 20: Sudorifics and antiperspirants’; ff. 127v-128v).
Title page (f. 2v, lines 1-9):
Iqrabadin (!) is the city of peace
Baghdad
He extracted it from several relatives
Hibat Allah bin Sa’id bin Ibrahim Al-Ma’rouf
With the student’s son, God forgave him
The poor copy has been completed, to the mercy of God Almighty
Ali bin Abi Talib bin Ali bin Ali bin Ali bin Al Hussein
Al-Halabi thanked God for his blessings and prayed for Muhammad the Prophet and his family
All together in the year 625 AH
Begins (after table of contents, f. 3v, lines 1-4):
Chapter one
In discs
Chalk tablet with tangerine for acute fever, thirst and arrest
Ends (f. 128v, lines 1-5):
It prevents sweat
Wipe the body with rose oil and myrtle oil and pour water over it
Roses and goes with fans and the sick person sleeps in a place he has become
It contains the leaves of disagreement, the leaves of generosity, the myrtle and the pear
And apples
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 128v, lines 6-9):
The two relatives were completed, thanks to God and his success
Praise be to God as He deserves to be praised, and may God’s blessings be upon our master
Muhammad is his Prophet and upon his family and all his companions
Judgment Day
The lower margin of f. 128v and all of f. 129r contain notes and prescriptions in a hand other than that of the main scribe, ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Ḥalabī.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Edinme Kaynağı
Purchased from Abdul Majid Belshah, 8 November 1919
Köken
Folio 1r contains a number of annotations including owners’ inscriptions and stamps.
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition and translation:
Ibn al-Tilmīdh, Abū al-Ḥasan Hibat Allāh, The Dispensatory of Ibn at-Tilmīd̲ : Arabic text, English translation, study and glossaries, Oliver Kahl, ed. and trans., (Leiden : Brill, 2007)
