cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5729324
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2700]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2700 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 804 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



804.


2700. Size 103/4 in. by 6 in.; foll. 40. Nineteen lines in a page.


The Poems of MAJNÛN ‘AMIRÎ (Ḳais b. al-Mulawwaḥ), accompanied by the history of the loves of Majnûm and Laila.


This collection is probably identical with the ديوان قيس بن عامر المجنون , mentioned in Ḥ. Kh. iii. 302.1


It is chiefly founded on the authority of Abu Bakr Wâlibî, who is mentioned at the beginning as follows: قال ابوبكر الوالبى كان من حديث مجنون العامرى وليلى العامرية الخ. As appears from fol. 33v., Wâlibî got his information from the famous Isḥâḳ b. Ibrâhîm Mauṣilî (d. A.H. 235).


Conclusion : هذا ما تناهى الينا من اخبار المجنون و اشعاره و ما كان خارجاً عمّا لم نكتبه فانّها منحولةٌ عليه من قصيدة او خبر.


Quite a modern copy, clearly written, but very incorrect. It was apparently taken from a mutilated MS. On foll. 15v., 19v., and 20 are lacunas.


[Bibl. Leydeniana.]


 


 


1 It is, however, entirely different from the article on Majnûn in the كتاب الاغانى (Bûlâḳ edition, i. ۱۶۷۰).
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5729331
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 37A]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 37A in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 805 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



805.


37A. Size 111/2 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 46. Six lines in a page.


Some extracts from the Ḥamâsah. The first of them are from the beginning of the work.


Well written in a large hand, without vowel-points. Tastefully ornamented. Injured by insects.


In an elegant gilt binding. Seal and signature of Charles Boddam, Calcutta, 1787.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5729332
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 37A]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 37A in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 805 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



805.


37A. Size 111/2 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 46. Six lines in a page.


Some extracts from the Ḥamâsah. The first of them are from the beginning of the work.


Well written in a large hand, without vowel-points. Tastefully ornamented. Injured by insects.


In an elegant gilt binding. Seal and signature of Charles Boddam, Calcutta, 1787.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5729275
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 692]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 692 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 801 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



801.


692. Size 63/4 in. by 33/4 in.; foll. 284. Fifteen lines in a page.


I.Foll.1-161. The greater portion of al-Ḥusain b. Aḥmad ZAUZANÎ’S (d. A.H. 486) Commentary on the Mu’allaḳât.


It breaks off in the Mu’allaḳah of ‘Amr b. Kulthûm. The last verses of this poem are, however, added at the end, with a conclusion (تمت القصائد) .


II.Foll. 162-203. The remaining Mu’allaḳahs of ‘ANTARAH and AL-ḤÂRITH, with another commentary. One leaf is missing after fol. 180, with the end of the former, and part of the introduction to the latter, poem.


The commentary appears to be an abridgment of Tabrîzî’s commentary. 1 As in the latter, there follow here three other poems, which are not unfrequently added to the ‘‘Seven,’’ viz.:---


a.Foll. 204-212. The Ḳaṣîdah in ب of ‘ABÎD B. AL-ABRAṢ, which, as is also stated here , stands occasionally in the place of the Mu’allaḳah of al-Ḥârith. It is preceded by a historical introduction on the authority of Muḥammad b. ‘Amr Shaibânî, which is also found in Tabrîzî.2


b.Foll. 213-222. The Ḳaṣîdah in د of AL-NÂBIGHAH, or no. 1 of the Dîwân , as edited by H. Derenbourg (Paris, 1869). It was published by De Sacy in his Chrestomathic Arabe , vol. ii.


c.Foll. 224-237. The Ḳaṣîdah in ل Of AL-A’SHA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.


III.Foll. 238-270. A Commentary on the Ḳaṣîdah لامية العجم , of al-Ḥusain b. ‘Ali Ṭughrâ’î (d. about A.H. 514). This is an abridgment (تلخيص ) of the commentary of Jamâl al-dîn Muḥammad b. Mûsa Damîrî (d. A.H. 808). The author gives his name at the end as MUḤAMMAD B. AL-KHALÎL Kâzarûnî, of al-Aḥsâ.


IV.Foll. 270-284. The celebrated Ḳaṣîdah لامية العرب , attributed to AL-SHANFARA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.


Many glosses. Verses 51-54, which are omitted in their proper place, are added at the end.


Neatly written in Nasta’liḳ, the text of the poems in Naskh and in red. The copy was made by Muḥammad Ma’ṣûm Ḥusainî Shîrâzî Manṣûrî, son of Niẓâm al-dîn Aḥmad Dashtakî, for his own use.


Date A.H. 1072. Injured by insects.


[Johnson.]


 


 


1 See Catal. Mus. Brit. 259.


2 See ibid. 260.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5729276
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 692]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 692 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 801 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



801.


692. Size 63/4 in. by 33/4 in.; foll. 284. Fifteen lines in a page.


I.Foll.1-161. The greater portion of al-Ḥusain b. Aḥmad ZAUZANÎ’S (d. A.H. 486) Commentary on the Mu’allaḳât.


It breaks off in the Mu’allaḳah of ‘Amr b. Kulthûm. The last verses of this poem are, however, added at the end, with a conclusion (تمت القصائد) .


II.Foll. 162-203. The remaining Mu’allaḳahs of ‘ANTARAH and AL-ḤÂRITH, with another commentary. One leaf is missing after fol. 180, with the end of the former, and part of the introduction to the latter, poem.


The commentary appears to be an abridgment of Tabrîzî’s commentary. 1 As in the latter, there follow here three other poems, which are not unfrequently added to the ‘‘Seven,’’ viz.:---


a.Foll. 204-212. The Ḳaṣîdah in ب of ‘ABÎD B. AL-ABRAṢ, which, as is also stated here , stands occasionally in the place of the Mu’allaḳah of al-Ḥârith. It is preceded by a historical introduction on the authority of Muḥammad b. ‘Amr Shaibânî, which is also found in Tabrîzî.2


b.Foll. 213-222. The Ḳaṣîdah in د of AL-NÂBIGHAH, or no. 1 of the Dîwân , as edited by H. Derenbourg (Paris, 1869). It was published by De Sacy in his Chrestomathic Arabe , vol. ii.


c.Foll. 224-237. The Ḳaṣîdah in ل Of AL-A’SHA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.


III.Foll. 238-270. A Commentary on the Ḳaṣîdah لامية العجم , of al-Ḥusain b. ‘Ali Ṭughrâ’î (d. about A.H. 514). This is an abridgment (تلخيص ) of the commentary of Jamâl al-dîn Muḥammad b. Mûsa Damîrî (d. A.H. 808). The author gives his name at the end as MUḤAMMAD B. AL-KHALÎL Kâzarûnî, of al-Aḥsâ.


IV.Foll. 270-284. The celebrated Ḳaṣîdah لامية العرب , attributed to AL-SHANFARA. It was published by De Sacy, l.c.


Many glosses. Verses 51-54, which are omitted in their proper place, are added at the end.


Neatly written in Nasta’liḳ, the text of the poems in Naskh and in red. The copy was made by Muḥammad Ma’ṣûm Ḥusainî Shîrâzî Manṣûrî, son of Niẓâm al-dîn Aḥmad Dashtakî, for his own use.


Date A.H. 1072. Injured by insects.


[Johnson.]


 


 


1 See Catal. Mus. Brit. 259.


2 See ibid. 260.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715422
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Bijapur 122]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 122 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 800 here with further notations and hyperlinks].


800.

B 122. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 61. From twenty-eight to thirty lines in a page.

شرح المعلقات السبع الخ

A concise Commentary on the Mu’allaḳât, ascribed to Abu’l-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Aḥmad, commonly called IBN KAISÂN the grammarian (d. probably A.H. 320).1 It is mentioned neither in the Fihrist (ed. Flügel, ۸۲), nor in Ḥ. Kh.

This commentary is intended for the use of beginners.

It gives rather short explanations of obscure words, and a paraphrase of each verse. The former are introduced by التفسير , and the latter by المعنى . Special grammatical questions are occasionally discussed in an appendix, which the superficial reader is advised to skip.

The preface begins: الحمد لله و الصلوة على النبى محمد و آله و صحبه اجمعين قال ابوالحسن محمد بن احمد كَيْسَان النحوى رحه اختصرنا غرائب هذه القصائد السبع المشهورة الخ.

The first scholium is introduced by the words: قال التعالبى (!) قال لنا ابوالحسن . Tha’âlibî is accordingly supposed to have handed down the work from the author; he was born, however, thirty years after the death of the latter (A.H. 350).

Plainly written. Completed and collated on Thursday, 14th Rabî’ II., 1098, by Zain b. 'Abdallah Muḳaibil.

 

1 Cf. Flügel, die grammatischen Schulen der Araber, 210n.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715423
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Bijapur 122]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.

This manuscript is now IO Bijapur 122 in the India Office collections.

[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 800 here with further notations and hyperlinks].


800.

B 122. Size 10 in. by 53/4 in.; foll. 61. From twenty-eight to thirty lines in a page.

شرح المعلقات السبع الخ

A concise Commentary on the Mu’allaḳât, ascribed to Abu’l-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. Aḥmad, commonly called IBN KAISÂN the grammarian (d. probably A.H. 320).1 It is mentioned neither in the Fihrist (ed. Flügel, ۸۲), nor in Ḥ. Kh.

This commentary is intended for the use of beginners.

It gives rather short explanations of obscure words, and a paraphrase of each verse. The former are introduced by التفسير , and the latter by المعنى . Special grammatical questions are occasionally discussed in an appendix, which the superficial reader is advised to skip.

The preface begins: الحمد لله و الصلوة على النبى محمد و آله و صحبه اجمعين قال ابوالحسن محمد بن احمد كَيْسَان النحوى رحه اختصرنا غرائب هذه القصائد السبع المشهورة الخ.

The first scholium is introduced by the words: قال التعالبى (!) قال لنا ابوالحسن . Tha’âlibî is accordingly supposed to have handed down the work from the author; he was born, however, thirty years after the death of the latter (A.H. 350).

Plainly written. Completed and collated on Thursday, 14th Rabî’ II., 1098, by Zain b. 'Abdallah Muḳaibil.

 

1 Cf. Flügel, die grammatischen Schulen der Araber, 210n.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715416
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1151]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1151 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 798 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



POETRY AND ELEGANT PROSE.


798.


1151. Size 10 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 75. Eight lines (hemistichs) in a page.


The Seven Mu’allaḳât.


Boldly written, with all the vowel-points, but very incorrect. Some of the grossest errors have been corrected on the margin. The first two pages are splendidly ornamented. Dated Sha’bân, 1196. A defect after fol. 6.


[Johnson.]
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715417
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 1151]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1151 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 798 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



POETRY AND ELEGANT PROSE.


798.


1151. Size 10 in. by 63/4 in.; foll. 75. Eight lines (hemistichs) in a page.


The Seven Mu’allaḳât.


Boldly written, with all the vowel-points, but very incorrect. Some of the grossest errors have been corrected on the margin. The first two pages are splendidly ornamented. Dated Sha’bân, 1196. A defect after fol. 6.


[Johnson.]
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715412
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2274]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2274 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 797 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



797.


2274. Size 71/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 32. Seventeen lines in a page.


A fragment of a treatise on medicines, imperfect at the beginning, and ending abruptly. Plainly written. Of the twelfth century.


The first heading which occurs here is (fol. 2v.): الفصل فی كيفية الاحراق الخ.


On fol. 31 begins المقالة الثالثة فى المركبات .


Inscribed: رساله احمد بن محمد بن صايغ حنفى .


[College of Fort William, 1825.]
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715413
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2274]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2274 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 797 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



797.


2274. Size 71/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 32. Seventeen lines in a page.


A fragment of a treatise on medicines, imperfect at the beginning, and ending abruptly. Plainly written. Of the twelfth century.


The first heading which occurs here is (fol. 2v.): الفصل فی كيفية الاحراق الخ.


On fol. 31 begins المقالة الثالثة فى المركبات .


Inscribed: رساله احمد بن محمد بن صايغ حنفى .


[College of Fort William, 1825.]
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715420
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2956]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2956 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 799 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



799.


2956. Size 103/4 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 102. Eight, fifteen, and twelve lines in a page.


I.Foll. 1-75. Another copy of the Mu'allaḳât, evidently taken from the same MS. as the preceding.


Well written in a large hand. The beginning is tastefully ornamented. Gold lines round the pages.


II.Foll. 76v.-97. The Burdah of BÛṢÎRÎ (d. A.H. 694), with an interlinear translation and glosses in Persian. See below, no. 817.


Plainly written. Foll. 76-86 are in a different hand.


The glosses are written in a very good Nasta’liḳ.


III.Foll. 97v.-99. A devout poem in ten verses.


Begins:


جُدْ بلطفك يا الهى من له زادٌ قليلُ


IV.Foll. 100v.102. Some fragments of the Mu’allaḳât, the concluding verses of LABÎD, and verses 1, 2, 47-53 of ‘ANTARAH, with short explanations in Persian.


Injured by insects.


In a very elegant binding of red leather; gilt. Signature of Chas. Boddam, Calcutta, 1787.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715421
title: Poetry and Elegant Prose [IO Islamic 2956]

description: Poetry and Elegant Prose.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2956 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 799 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



799.


2956. Size 103/4 in. by 71/2 in.; foll. 102. Eight, fifteen, and twelve lines in a page.


I.Foll. 1-75. Another copy of the Mu'allaḳât, evidently taken from the same MS. as the preceding.


Well written in a large hand. The beginning is tastefully ornamented. Gold lines round the pages.


II.Foll. 76v.-97. The Burdah of BÛṢÎRÎ (d. A.H. 694), with an interlinear translation and glosses in Persian. See below, no. 817.


Plainly written. Foll. 76-86 are in a different hand.


The glosses are written in a very good Nasta’liḳ.


III.Foll. 97v.-99. A devout poem in ten verses.


Begins:


جُدْ بلطفك يا الهى من له زادٌ قليلُ


IV.Foll. 100v.102. Some fragments of the Mu’allaḳât, the concluding verses of LABÎD, and verses 1, 2, 47-53 of ‘ANTARAH, with short explanations in Persian.


Injured by insects.


In a very elegant binding of red leather; gilt. Signature of Chas. Boddam, Calcutta, 1787.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715408
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2348]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2348 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 796 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



796.


2348. Size 71/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 19. Nineteen and twenty lines in a page.


The beginning of a Manual (تذكرة) of Medicine, written by an unknown author for his own use. It consists of sevenفصل and twenty-three باب .


Begins: الحمد لله الذى خصّنا بفضيلة النطق و البيان .... و بعد فقد كان النبی صلی الله عليه و آاله محمد بن عبدالله ينبوع الحكمة قسم العلم الى علمين و هما علم الابدان و علم الادیان الخ.


Plainly written. Of the twelfth century. Ends in the third chapter.


Inscribed at a later date: رساله احمد بن محمد صایغ (!) حنفی .1


[College of Fort William, 1825.]


 


1 Compare the following no.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715409
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2348]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2348 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 796 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



796.


2348. Size 71/4 in. by 51/4 in.; foll. 19. Nineteen and twenty lines in a page.


The beginning of a Manual (تذكرة) of Medicine, written by an unknown author for his own use. It consists of sevenفصل and twenty-three باب .


Begins: الحمد لله الذى خصّنا بفضيلة النطق و البيان .... و بعد فقد كان النبی صلی الله عليه و آاله محمد بن عبدالله ينبوع الحكمة قسم العلم الى علمين و هما علم الابدان و علم الادیان الخ.


Plainly written. Of the twelfth century. Ends in the third chapter.


Inscribed at a later date: رساله احمد بن محمد صایغ (!) حنفی .1


[College of Fort William, 1825.]


 


1 Compare the following no.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715388
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2111]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2111 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 792 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



792.


2111. Size 8 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 42. Seventeen lines in a page.


Another copy of the preceding work.


The preface runs as follows: و بعد فهذا مختصر مشتمل على زبدة ما يجب استحضاره للطبيب من صناعة الطب نظرية و عملية المنتخبة من كتب المتقدمين و المتاخرين و رتبته الخ.


Well written in two Nasta’liḳ hands. Red lines round the pages.


Seals of Nûr al-dîn Khân , a servant of Muḥammad Shâh (?), 1 and Nuṣrat Jang (A.H. 1174).


 


1 Not quite legible.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715389
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 2111]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 2111 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 792 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



792.


2111. Size 8 in. by 41/2 in.; foll. 42. Seventeen lines in a page.


Another copy of the preceding work.


The preface runs as follows: و بعد فهذا مختصر مشتمل على زبدة ما يجب استحضاره للطبيب من صناعة الطب نظرية و عملية المنتخبة من كتب المتقدمين و المتاخرين و رتبته الخ.


Well written in two Nasta’liḳ hands. Red lines round the pages.


Seals of Nûr al-dîn Khân , a servant of Muḥammad Shâh (?), 1 and Nuṣrat Jang (A.H. 1174).


 


1 Not quite legible.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715394
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 1132]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1132 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 794 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



794.


1132. Size 10 in. by 7 in.; foll. 171. Twenty-one lines in a page.


The first portion of a large work on diseases and their remedies, entitled ترويج الارواح من علل الاشباح.


The author calls himself IBN SA’D AL-DÎN, and dedicates his work to a Wazîr, whose name he does not mention. At the beginning of his preface he speaks of the تنقيح المكنون من مباحث القانون ; but as this passage is mutilated , it cannot be ascertained if he speaks of it as a work of his own.


According to Ḥ. Kh. (ii. 451), the work I question is by Fakhr al-dîn Khujandî. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 285, also mentions a ترويح الارواح فى الطبّ , which he ascribes to Ḥakîm al-dîn Maḥmûd Tabrîzî.


Begins: الله احمد علی ان جبلنى بقدرته طالباً لمعرفة ماهية مواليد الاركان .


The work consists of an introduction, in fifteen مسلك , and of twenty chapters (قول) , in which the author treats first of the single parts of the body , from the head downwards , and afterwards of general diseases. A detailed list of the contents is inserted in the preface.


This MS. contains the introduction and the first eight chapters, which are inscribed as follows:-- 1.القول الاول فى احوال الدماغ و ترويحه ; 2. فى احوال العين ; 3. فى احوال الاذن 4. فى احوال الانف 5. فى احوال اللسان و الفم و الشفتين و الاسنان و اللثة ; 6. فى احوال الحلق و المرئ و قصبة الرئة و الصدر ; 7. فى احوال الرئة ; 8. في احوال القلب و الثديين .


Legibly written in Nasta’liḳ. Ends abruptly.


Worm-eaten. The first leaf is mutilated.


[Johnson.]
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5715395
title: Medicine [IO Islamic 1132]

description: Medicine.
	
This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1132 in the India Office collections.
	
[metadata: Otto Loth, A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office, (volume 1), no. 794 here with further notations and hyperlinks].



794.


1132. Size 10 in. by 7 in.; foll. 171. Twenty-one lines in a page.


The first portion of a large work on diseases and their remedies, entitled ترويج الارواح من علل الاشباح.


The author calls himself IBN SA’D AL-DÎN, and dedicates his work to a Wazîr, whose name he does not mention. At the beginning of his preface he speaks of the تنقيح المكنون من مباحث القانون ; but as this passage is mutilated , it cannot be ascertained if he speaks of it as a work of his own.


According to Ḥ. Kh. (ii. 451), the work I question is by Fakhr al-dîn Khujandî. Ḥ. Kh. ii. 285, also mentions a ترويح الارواح فى الطبّ , which he ascribes to Ḥakîm al-dîn Maḥmûd Tabrîzî.


Begins: الله احمد علی ان جبلنى بقدرته طالباً لمعرفة ماهية مواليد الاركان .


The work consists of an introduction, in fifteen مسلك , and of twenty chapters (قول) , in which the author treats first of the single parts of the body , from the head downwards , and afterwards of general diseases. A detailed list of the contents is inserted in the preface.


This MS. contains the introduction and the first eight chapters, which are inscribed as follows:-- 1.القول الاول فى احوال الدماغ و ترويحه ; 2. فى احوال العين ; 3. فى احوال الاذن 4. فى احوال الانف 5. فى احوال اللسان و الفم و الشفتين و الاسنان و اللثة ; 6. فى احوال الحلق و المرئ و قصبة الرئة و الصدر ; 7. فى احوال الرئة ; 8. في احوال القلب و الثديين .


Legibly written in Nasta’liḳ. Ends abruptly.


Worm-eaten. The first leaf is mutilated.


[Johnson.]