Author
Muhadhdhib al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Hubal al-Baghdādī
Publication Date
Dhū al-Ḥijja 683 (AH, Hijri)
Publication Place
Tabriz -
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
260 x 170 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Delhi Arabic 1713
Record ID
vdc_100028704702.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
Dhū al-Ḥijja 683 (AH, Hijri)
Notes
Comprehensive encyclopaedia of medicine by Muhadhdhib al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan 'Alī ibn Aḥmad ibn 'Alī ibn Hubal al-Baghdādī d.
An introduction to the text in Persian and written by a later hand (16th century?) is found on f. 1v, which identifies the author as Ibn Hubal and briefly outlines the contents of the work's sections, although it claims that the work is divided into three sections (Aqsam) when in fact it is divided into four volumes (Majldat).
The copy was completed at Tabriz in Dhū al-Ḥijja 683/February 1285 by Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fatḥ (Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath; see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
f. 359, lines 21-22, transcribed below). The
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
to Volume Three is dated Dhū al-Ḥijjah 679/April 1281 also at Tabriz (f. 243r, lines 26-27, transcribed below).
The text is defective at the beginning and begins near the beginning of Chapter Three of Volume One (ed. Ḥaydarābād, vol. 1, p. 8, line 7).
Volume One (Vol. I; ff. 2r-136r);
Volume Two (Volume II; ff. 136v-169v);
Volume Three (vol. III; ff. 170r-243r);
Volume Four (Fourth Volume; ff. 243v-360v).
Beginnings (f. 2r, lines 1-3; defective at beginning):
Of the members of the body which belongs to the active particles and the male and others of the members then any one of the members of the body is compounded
The organs are similar to the organs of the muscles, tendons, nerves and fibers, all of which are composed of organs
The fourth day belongs to the moon
Ends (f. 360v, lines 18-20):
... He said the exit of the soul from the breath and breath will be a serious struggle if you want the patient to turn white then snow [-ar content]
It says that death is a revelation and if the patient falls of different colors, the answer is that the killer said Zakam and Attas in all the world [ـلل
تكون في الرعة والأضلاع في دلائل ردية وما عدا ذلك فو جيد
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
to Volume Three (f. 243r, lines 23-27):
... The volume is complete
The third from the book of the selected in medicine and praise be to Allah
Peace be upon Muhammad and his family, the good and the pure, the weak book
Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath in the city of Tabriz
Rise and seven and listen. May Allah have mercy on the reciter and have mercy on the believers. Amen
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 359, lines 20-23):
... The Book is complete and praise be to Allah alone and peace be upon the good creation
On the hands of the weak servants of Allah and their poor Muhammad ibn Abi al-Fath in the city of Tabriz
May Allah have mercy on him at the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah
May Allah have mercy on the Prophet and the Qur'an and may Allah have mercy on the believers
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 359v)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions:
Ibn Hubal, ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad,
Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fī al-ṭibb,
4 vols (Ḥaydarābād al-Dakkan: Maṭba‘at Jam‘iyāt Dā’irat al-Ma‘ārif al-‘Uthmānīyah, 1362-64 [1943-45]; reprinted in Ibn Hubal, ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad,
Kitāb al-Mukhtārāt fi l-ṭibb
, Manshūrāt Maʻhad Tārīkh al-ʻUlūm al-ʻArabīyah wa-al-Islāmīyah. Ṭibb al-Islāmī64-67, 4 vols [Frankfurt am Main: Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University 1996])
Ibn Hubal, ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad,
al-Mukhtārāt fī al-ṭibb
, ed. by Hāshim al-Nadwī (Jubayl: Dār wa-Maktabat Bībilyūn, 2005)
Partial edition:
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā,
Traité sur le calcul dans les reins et dans la vessie
, ed. and trans. by P. de Koning (Leyde: E.J. Brill, 1896) on pp. 186-227
Partial translations:
Thies, Dorothee,
Die Lehren der arabischen Mediziner Tabari und Ibn Hubal über Herz, Lunge, Gallenblase und Milz
, Beiträge zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte des Orients 20 (Walldorf/Hessen: Verlag für Orientkunde H. Vorndran, 1968)
Thies, Hans-Jürgen,
Erkrankungen des Gehirns: inbesondere Kopfschmerzen in der arabischen Medizin
, Beiträge zur Sprach- und Kulturgeschichte des Orients 19 (Walldorf-Hessen: Verlag für Orientkunde, 1968)
Study:
Ullmann, Manfred,
Die Medizin im Islam
(Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 162
