Author
Abū al-Rūḥ ʿIsá ibn ‘Alī al-Asadī al-Baghdādī
Publication Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
1
Physical Dimensions
209 x 150 mm
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Add MS 23417
Record ID
vdc_100027765088.0x000001
Library Location
British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Date
17th century (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
General manual on hunting with falcons, dogs and other animals by Abū al-Rūḥ ʿIsá ibn ‘Alī al-Asadī al-Baghdādī (Abu al-Ruh Isa bin Ali al-Asadi al-Baghdadi, fl. 1150-70). The work was divided into two parts (two parts), the first on the methods and techniques of hunting, and the second on the care and treatment of animals. This copy is defective at the beginning and the end, and contains only Part Two of the work. For this reason, the incorrect title
al-Bayṭarah li-l-wuḥūsh
(Veterinarian for monsters,
Veterinary Medicine for Wild Animals
) is found on f. 1r and in the margin of f. 2r.
A list of the chapters (Aboob) of Part Two and their titles appears on ff. 5v-12r.
Begins (f. 2r, lines 1-3, defective at beginning):
Some wise men said to his son, “Do not aspire to achieve excellence in matters slowly.”
Knowledge is at ease with the body, and not with old age
In good praise with health...
Ends (f. 184, lines 14-17, defective at end):
...And he placed the bird on it and struck four on its four sides
Strings and should make the road all tight from that length of land
The size of the arrow throw, even if it is longer, is more accurate and more likely due to its large number
The catch then makes the alignment on the side where the khazara is also free
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Bulma Yardımcıları
Cureton, William and Charles Rieu,
Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum orientalium qui in Museo Britannico asservantur. Pars secunda, codices arabicos amplectens
(London: The British Museum, 1846-71), Item 1367, pp. 634-35
Edinme Kaynağı
Mrs Taylor, widow of Colonel Robert Taylor (1788-1852),
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in Baghdad (1828-43), 14 April 1860
Köken
Mullā Ibrāhīm [ibn ...] Ḥusayn, secretary of the Nāḥīyah (Ottoman administrative sub-unit) of [illegible] (ملّا ابراهيم [بن ...] حسين كاتب ناحية اهمالـ[؟ ...]), his inscription dated 4 (?) Rajab 1168/16 April 1755 (f. 32r)
Seçilmiş kaynakça
Editions and translations of extracts:
Phillot, D. C., and R. F. Azoo, 'Some Birds and Other Animals that have been Metamorphosed [Being an Extract from the Kitābu'l-Jamharah fi ‘ilmi'l-Bazyarah, an Arabic Manuscript, no. 865, in the Library of the Asiatic Society of Bengal]', in
Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
3.2 (1907), 139-43
Phillot, D. C., and R. F. Azoo, 'The Birds' Complaint before Solomon: Being an Extract with a Translation from the Kitābu 'l-Jamharah fi ‘ilmi 'l-Bazyarah', in
Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
3.3 (1907), 173-78
Phillot, D. C., and R. F. Azoo, 'Things which the Owner of Hawks Should Avoid, Being an Extract with a Translation from the Kitābu 'l-Jamharah fi ‘Ilmi'l-Bazyarah', in
Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
3.6 (1907), 401-3
Phillot, D. C., and R. F. Azoo, 'On Hunting Dogs, Being an Extract with a Translation from the Kitābu 'l-Jamharah fi ‘ilmi 'l-Bazyarah', in
Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
3.9 (1907), 599-600
Study:
Shihab al-Sarraf, 'Mamluk Furūsīyah Literature and Its Antecedents',
Mamlūk Studies Review
8.1 (2004), pp. 141-20, on pp. 189-90
Sezgin, Fuat,
Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums
, vol. 3 (Leiden: Brill, 1970), p. 377
