Author
preceding text on an outbreak of smallpox and measles at Mosul in 1223/1808-9
Publication Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 6273, ff 163v-165r
Record ID
vdc_100124946980.0x00000c
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
19th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Medical manual on the maintenance of health during times of pestilence. The mention of Mosul in the title suggests that the author is Muḥammad Badīʿ (Muḥammad Badīʿ), author of the preceding text on an outbreak of smallpox and measles at Mosul in 1223/1808-9 (see f. 159v, lines 5-7). If this identification of the author is correct, the father whose extracts from books of medicine served as the basis for the present text (see f. 163v, lines 2-3, transcribed below) is the Ottoman litterateur, poet and physician of Mosul Muḥammad Amīn Bek ibn Ibrāhīm Bek ibn Yūnus Afandī ibn Yāsīn Afandī al-Muftī ibn Maḥmūd Afandī (Muhammad Amin Bey ibn Ibrahim Bey ibn Yunus Effendi ibn Yasin Afandi al-Mufti ibn Mahmud Effandī, d. ca 1812, see Raʾūf, 'al-Adīb al-ṭabīb Muḥammad Amīn Bek Āl Yāsīn al-Muftī al-Mawṣilī' [2016]).
Beginnings (f. 163v, lines 1-5):
A constitution to guard against epidemics and plague and to treat anthrax
It is called, in the language of the people of Mosul, a blow from the picks
My most honorable father is one of the respected medical books
You should avoid eating all meats, sweets, fruits and legumes
wet...
Ends (f. 165r, lines 20-27):
Know that the flow of matter from the ember is better than retaining it
In this measure, there is a comparison with the providence of the gentle and powerful King
By appreciating healing and healing, a person gets rid of plague and epidemic
Praise be to God, the healer
And prayers and peace
Ali Nabih
And his family
And his companions
Erişim Koşulları
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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), pp. 41-42
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Study:
Raʾūf, ʿImād ʿAbd al-Salām, 'al-Adīb al-ṭabīb Muḥammad Amīn Bek Āl Yāsīn al-Muftī al-Mawṣilī',
al-Alūkah al-Thaqāfīyah
website, posted 28 March 2016 https://www.alukah.net/culture/0/100893/ [accessed 6 September 2019]