Author
Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī
Publication Date
Ramaḍān 703 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5619, ff 36v-55v
Record ID
vdc_100069662606.0x000003
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Ramaḍān 703 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Notes
Treatise on dietetics for ill patients by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (Najīb al-Dīn Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Umar al-Samarqandī, d. 1222).
Contents:
Begins (f. 36v, lines 2-8):
Praise be to God who created the disease and required the cure, and peace be upon those who treat it
Who I chose especially for our master and beloved Muhammad Al-Mujtaba
And His Messenger, who is pleased with him, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and his family, as long as the earth and the sky exist
May God be pleased with his companions, the most worthy of help and loyalty, and grant him peace, blessings, and generosity
As for what follows, this is a book on feeding the sick, compiled by the divine scholar and professor
Maulana Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi, may God sanctify his soul, said:
Hot headaches benefit from eating and drinking barley and wheat water
Ends (f. 55v, lines 1-5):
...and every condition of the body and every time
The Sunnah and the tooth of the teeth and when every mixture of humors prevails
May God Almighty grant us success in what is most beneficial, most beneficial, and bestows our edification
To the most sincere of deeds and our deeds to the best deeds. He is Him
The extension...
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 55v, lines 5-8):
...Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may blessings and peace be upon him
May God have mercy on Muhammad Al-Mustafa and his family
All good and pure people
Praise be to Him
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards,
A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894
(London: British Museum, 1912), p. 46
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 187, pp. 160-1
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Studies:
Cherif, Tarabein, Contribution à l’histoire de la pharmacie arabe. Étude particulière du manuscrit intitulé: "Al-Nadjibiate al-Samarkandiate" (Strasbourg: Faculté de Pharmacie, 1952)
Ullmann, Manfred, Die Medizin im Islam (Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 170 and 339
