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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Pharmacology--Early works to 1800 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. Add MS 23560

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Add MS 23560
Title:
A compendium of medical texts in Arabic and Persian
Scope & Content:
Four texts in Arabic and one in Persian on medicine and pharmacology. Colophons to the first three texts in the volume bear dates between Ramaḍān and Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1099/July-October 1688. Contents: (1) ʽImād al-Dīn Shīrāzī (عماد الدين شيرازي), Risālah-i yanbūʿ (رساله ينبوع, ff. 2v-98r); (2) ʽImā...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Farsi, and Persian
Date Range:
1099
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+311+iii

2. Add MS 23604

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Add MS 23604
Title:
Kitāb sumūm wa-tiryāqāt كتاب السموم والترياقات Ibn Waḥshīyah, Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn أحمد بن الحسين، ابن وحشية
Scope & Content:
Treatise on poisons, theriacs and antidotes composed by Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ‘Alī ibn Qays al-Kasdānī (أبو بكر أحمد بن علي بن قيس الكسداني), known as Ibn Waḥshiyah (ابن وحشية; fl. first half of the 10th century), then dictated to Abū Ṭālib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Alī ibn Aḥmad al-Zayyāt (أبو طالب...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
25 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 919
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+108+iii

3. IO Islamic 1044

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IO Islamic 1044
Title:
Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ʿĪsá ابن جزلة، يحيى ابن عيسى
Scope & Content:
Alphabetically arranged handbook on pharmacology by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى ابن عيسى, d. 1100), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة), composed for the Abbasid Caliph al-Muqtadī bi-Amr Allāh (المقتدي بأمر الله, reg. 1075-94). The copy is defective at end; the final folio contains the beg...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:

Codex; ff. ii+269+iii

4. Or 2601, ff 1r-38v

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Or 2601, ff 1r-38v
Title:
Kitāb fīhī ajzā’ min Minhāj al-ṭibb كتاب فيه أجزاء من منهاج الطب
Scope & Content:
Extracts concerning pharmacology from the Minhāj al-bayān fīmā yastaʿmiluhū al-insān (منهاج البيان فيما يستعمله الإنسان) by Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Īsá (أبو علي يحيى ابن عيسى), known as Ibn Jazlah (ابن جزلة; d. 493/1100) and from the Pandects or Kunnāsh (كناش), called here the Nushat al-bīmāristān (...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:

Ff. 1r-38v

5. Or 3131

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Or 3131
Title:
Jāmiʿ li-quwá al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah جامع لقوى الأدوية والأغذية Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad ابن البيطار، عبد الله بن أحمد
Scope & Content:
Part (جزء) one (containing entries in letters ا through ز) of the most influential and important Arabic handbook of materia medica, written by the Andalusian botanist Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad (ضياء الدين أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد; d. 1248), known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (ابن البيط...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
15 Shawwāl 852
Extent:

Codex; ff. iv+310+iii

6. Or 5786

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 5786
Title:
Minhāj al-dukkān wa-dustūr al-a‘yān منهاج الدكّان ودستور الأعيان al-Kūhīn al-ʻAṭṭār, Abū al-Munā ibn Abī Nāṣr الكوهين العطار، أبو المنى ابن أبي نصر and other anonymous treatises on pharmacology and ophthalmology
Scope & Content:
A collection of texts on pharmacology and ophthalmology transcribed in 715 AH/AD 1315-16 (see colophon of third item, f. 139v, lines 11). Contents: (1) al-Kūhīn al-ʻAṭṭār (الكوهين العطار), Minhāj al-dukkān wa-dustūr al-a‘yān (منهاج الدكّان ودستور الأعيان) (ff. 1v-95v); (2) Fragments of texts...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
715
Extent:

Codex; ff. i+139+i

7. Or 6273, ff 2v-90v

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Or 6273, ff 2v-90v
Title:
Kitāb Qarābādhīn كتاب قراباذين Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:
Pharmacopeia by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (نجيب الدين أبو حامد محمد بن علي بن عمر السمرقندي, d. 1222). The main text is preceded by a table of contents (ff. 2v-3r). 　 Begins (f. 3v, lines 11-16): هذا كتاب قراباذين نجيب الدين السمرقندي مؤلف كتاب الأسباب ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 2v-90v

8. Or 6273, ff 90v-113r

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Or 6273, ff 90v-113r
Title:
Collection of prescriptions and short chapters on medical topics
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1) Recipes and prescriptions for the preparation and use of various medicines (ff. 90v-93v); 2) Chapter explaining the definition of the pillars on which the animal body stands, which are the four elements (فصل في بيان تعريف الأركان التي عليها قوام البدن الحيواني وهي العناصر الأربعة, f...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 90v-113r

9. Or 6273, ff 113v-115v

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Or 6273, ff 113v-115v
Title:
Risālah fī al-adwiyah al-musahhilah رسالة في الأدوية المسهلة Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī نجيب الدين السمرقندي، محمد بن علي
Scope & Content:
A list of laxative drugs by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī (نجيب الدين أبو حامد محمد بن علي بن عمر السمرقندي, d. 1222). Begins (f. 113v, lines 1-2): هذه رسالة لنجيب الدين محمد ابن علي ابن عمر السمرقندي في الأدوية المسهلة افسنتين حار في أول الثانية يابس في الأ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 113v-115v

10. Or 6273, ff 116v-122v

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 6273, ff 116v-122v
Title:
Alphabetical list of substitute drugs
Scope & Content:
Untitled alphabetical list of substitute drugs by an unnamed author. Begins (f. 116v, lines 1-2): في أبدال الأدوية حرف الألف آس بدله خناء وورد ... 　 Ends (f. 122v, lines 26-27): ... ياقوت بدله ضعفه ذهب ياسمين بدله سوسن انتهى ما أردنا ذكره من الأبدال
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

Ff. 116v-122v