Author
Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn Waḥshīyah (author) | Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad Nīmdihī (scribe)
Publication Date
1514/1514
Publication Place
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Qatar National Library
Subject
Pharmacology--Early works to 1800 | Medicine--Early works to 1800 | Toxicology | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Codex; ff. ii+108+iii
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
81055/vdc_100026565682.0x000001_ar | 81055/vdc_100026565682.0x000001_en | Add MS 23604
Record ID
81055%2Fvdc_100026565682.0x000001_dlme
Library Location
British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
Date
1514/1514
Notes
Treatise on poisons, theriacs and their antidotes composed by Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Qays al-Kasdānī (Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Qays al-Kasdānī), known as Ibn Waḥshiyah (Ibn Wahshiyah; fl. first half of the 10th century), then dictated to Abū Ṭālib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad al-Zayyāt (Abu Talib Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Ahmad al-Zayyat; see f. 2v, lines 2-5, transcribed below)The following is written on the title-page (f. 2r): The Book of Poisons and Antidotes by Ibn Wahshiyya, its writer and owner, and its owner, Muhammad ibn Shaykh Ali ibn Muhammad, nicknamed Sharaf al-Din al-Sharif (?), the so-called. With nimdhi, may God forgive our sinsBookof Poisons and Theriacs[by] Ibn WaḥshīyahIts copyist, ownerand possessor is Muḥammad ibn Shaykh‘Alī ibn Muḥammad, called by the
laqabSharaf al-Dīnal-Sharīf (?), named al-NīmidihīGod forgive our sinsThe copy was completed on 25 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 919/21 February 1514 by the 'Servant of the divine scholars and godly Islamic sages, Muḥammad ibn Shaykh ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad, called by the
laqabSharaf al-Dīn, known as al-Nīmidihī' (servant of the divine scholars and Islamic divine sages Muhammad ibn Shaykh Ali ibn Muhammad, nicknamed Sharaf al-Dīn, known as al-Nīmidihī) who produced the copy for his own use (see colophon, f. 108r, lines 9-13, transcribed below). The colophon also says that he produced his copy from an exemplar dated Dhū al-Qa‘dah 113/January-February 732, but this cannot be correct, because the text’s author, Ibn Waḥshīyah, was not active the early 10th century until (see colophon, f. 108r, lines 13-15, transcribed below). The copyist is the author of a Qur‘ānic
tafsīr(exegesis) called the
The main text is followed (f. 108v) by two short medical notes: the first is a poison made from dung beetles, and the second is a fragmentary discussion of the astrological causes and treatment of passion attributed to the sage Tinkalūsha (Tinkalūsha/Teukros of Babylon [in Egypt], fl. late 2nd-early 1st century BC; see Manfred Ullmann,
Die Natur- und Geheimwissenschaften im Islam[1972, pp. 278-79]. Therefore, with it, it draws the poison from the inside of the body to the outside and makes it visible. And whoever places this in a correct position, the scorpion will make it sore, painful, and painful. He spreads and pulls the place of its sting, and it draws the poison out and soothes the pain. It has many medicines, but these are more eloquent and better, and peace be upon them. Colophon (f. 108r, lines 2-18): End of the book on poisons and antidotes, written by the eminent Sheikh Al-Rais Al-Kamil Al-Hakim Al-Karim, and he is older than these famous Islamic sages, Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Qays. Al-Kashdani, the famous Ibn Wahshiyya, composed it according to the doctrine of the Kashdani sages and their opinion at the hands of the servant of the divine scholars and the divine Islamic sages, Muhammad bin Sheikh Ali bin Muhammad, nicknamed Sharaf al-Din, famous for the nickname “Nimdhib” (?). May God cover his faults and forgive his sins on the twenty-fifth of the month of Dhul-Hijjah al-Haram in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen AH. It was copied from from a copy he wrote in the month of Dhul-Qa’dah in the year thirteen hundred AH. Praise be to the Prophet for escaping. The worlds first and last, written for me Codex; ff. ii+108+iii | Material: Eastern laid paperDimensions: 180 x 125 mm leaf [140 x 70 mm written]Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencilRuling: No ruling visible; 22 lines per page; vertical spacing 16 lines per 10 cmScript: Nasta‘līq; the scribe is Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Shaykh ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad al-Nīmidihī (Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muhammad al-Nīmidihī; see colophon, f. 108r, lines 9-10)Ink: Black ink, with rubricated headings and overlinings in redBinding: Morocco Islamic leather binding without flap; blind tooled medallion, pendants and borders on both boardsCondition: Waterstains towards middle of volume; minor insect damage; some folios torn and repairedMarginalia: Notes by various hands including that of the scribeSeals: F. 2r | more | less
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