Author
Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Abi Sadiq al-Nisaburi
Publication Date
1094 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Book
Language
ara,fas
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Or 5820, ff 2v-177r
Record ID
vdc_100070037586.0x000002
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
1094 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Commentary by Abū al-Qāsim ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī (Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Abi Sadiq al-Naysaburi, d. ca 1068) on the Aphorisms (Book of Chapters) of Hippocrates (Hippocrates, d. ca 370) BC). The commentary is based on Galen of Pergamon's (Galen, d. ca 216) commentary on the Aphorisms.
The copy was completed on the morning of Tuesday 3 Ramaḍān 1094/26 August 1683, the 28th year of the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (reg. 1658-1707), in the
takīyah
of Shah Sayyid Aḥmad at Burhanpur by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qādir Qurashī (Sheikh Abdul Qadir Qurashī, see
colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
, f. 177r, lines 6-8, transcribed below).
The text is followed by a brief note by a later hand and an incomplete horoscope diagram (f. 177v).
Begins (f. 2v, lines 1-4):
...Abdul Rahman bin Ali said
Ibn Abi Sadiq, mercy (!) After praising God Almighty with all his praises and blessings be upon him
His Messenger, Muhammad, and his family. Providence inspires people to acquire a branch of science
One of the most honorable human virtues, especially among all people...
Ends (f. 177r, lines 2-5):
...As for the important chapters that are often mentioned
At the end of the book, we mentioned it out of pity for what was missed
Time is useless, and God Almighty is safe and sound
We are sufficient, and He is the best disposer of affairs
Colophon
Section at the end of a manuscript text.
(f. 177r, lines 6-13):
It was done well at the time of Duha Rose Sah Shanbeh on the date of Seyoum Mah
Ramadan Mubarak at the hospice of Mian Shah Syed Ahmad, may God bless him and grant him peace
In the year 28 AH, 1094 AH, a poor writer, Sheikh Abdul Qadir
Qureshi lives in Burhanpur Harkas in Badrakah Tawaid Beh Tiyaz
Mahroum Zadarkah Toki Kurderbaz
Which of his family's worries is generous and their concern is excused?
Drop [a]za ab rahmat repentance ast shasten namah siyah hum
Peace and honor
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. 42
Hamarneh, Sami,
Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library
(Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Items 4 and 97, pp. 4 and 99
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Edition of Arabic text of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates:
Hippocrates, الفصول الابقراطية The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, Physician to the Caliph Motawakkul, ed. by John Tytler (Calcutta: The Education press, 1832)
Studies:
Karimullah, Kamran, 'Transformation of Galen’s Textual Legacy from Classical to Post-Classical Islamic Medicine: Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms', Intellectual History of the Islamicate World 5.3 (2017) 311-358
Pormann, Peter and Kamran Karimullah, 'The Arabic Commentaries on the Hippocratic Aphorisms: Introduction', Oriens: journal of the International Society for Oriental Research 45.1-2 (2017), 1-52
Rosenthal, Franz, '"Life Is Short, the Art Is Long": Arabic Commentaries on the First Hippocratic Aphorism', Bulletin of the History of Medicine 40, 1966, p. 226-45
Sezgin, Fuat, Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums, vol. 3 (Leiden: Brill, 1970). pp. 30 and 411
Ullmann, Manfred, Die Medizin im Islam (Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 160
