Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Delhi Persian 866
- Record Id:
- 032-004341450
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004341450
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163233768.0x00003a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Delhi Persian 866
- Title:
- Miscellaneous works on pharmacology and medicine, 9 items (a-i)
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004341450", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Delhi Persian 866: Miscellaneous works on pharmacology and medicine, 9 items (a-i)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004341450
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004341450
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 210 ff.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
Persian - Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- 1781-1781
- Calendar:
- Hijri-qamari
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card for admissions procedures contact . Contact for further information on the availability of this manuscript. For information on catalogues and ordering manuscripts see .
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Amān Allāh Khān ibn Maḥabbat Khān, d 1636?,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/170588717
Amān Allāh Khān ibn Maḥabbat Khān, d 1636?,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/170588717
Humayun, Emperor of Hindustan, 1508-1556,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000097222603,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/11090963
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121007277,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/38320916
Khān Khānān, 1556-1627,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081187292,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/39554043
Mahābat Khān
Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Z̤iyāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad Ṭabīb
Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Shāh Hindūnavī
Rājah Ajīt Singh Bahādur
Shahjahan, Emperor of India, 1592?-1666,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000066751721,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/13108102
Shāh ʻĀlam, Emperor of Hindustan, 1728-1806,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000082588629,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/70169499
Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Maḥallī, d 1559,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34145542359396640256
Yūsufī, Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Maḥallī, d 1559,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/34145542359396640256 - Subjects:
- Sufi literature, Persian
Sufism--Early works to 1800 - TEI:
-
India Office Library
Delhi Persian 866
Miscellaneous works on pharmacology and medicine, 9 items (a-i)
Contents
Summary of Contents: Miscellaneous collection of literary and lexicographic works on pharmacology and medicine, mainly by secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb takhalluṣ "Yūsufī". Volume not dated; items a, b, g, h and i dated, ranging 26 Muḥarram-23 Ṣafar 1195/22 January-18 February 1781. However, the volume generally appears to be the work of the same scribe as that identified in items h and i, Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Shāh Hindūnavī, who wrote at the request of Rājah Ajīt Singh Bahādur of Balamgarh. Summary of contents added at beginning. Rough to neat scribal nastaʿlīq. Annotations and corrections in margins. Stamped foliation. Lacking original binding. Leather binding damaged, detached and delaminating boards exposing inner matter. Folios bound; cropped, wormholes, later repairs. Condition moderately fragile.1. ff. 1v-63rItem a.
Supplementary treatise to an earlier pharmacological work entitled ʿIlāj al-amrāz̤ by the same author, the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb with the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The work was completed at Hirāt, 18 Ramaz̤ān 917/19 December 1511.
Dated colophon (f. 63r): completed 26 Muḥarram 1195/22 January 1781.
Language(s): Persian and ArabicTitle: Jāmiʿ al-favāʾidTitle: جامع الفوائد2. ff. 64r-82vTitle: Favāʾid-i akhyārTitle: فوائد اخيارItem b.
Pharmacological poetry in qiṭʿah form on the subject of the treatment of and remedies for disease by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb with the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The chronogrammatic title yields the date of composition as 913/1507-8.
Dated colophon (f. 82v): completed Thursday, 29 Muḥarram 1195/25 January 1781.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic3. ff. 83v-85rItem c.
Panegyric poem or qaṣīdah in the ghazal form intended as a mnemonic incorporating the vocabulary of medical terms, by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb, here mentioning only the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
Not dated at end.
Language(s): Persian and Arabic, UrduTitle: Qaṣīdah dar asmā-yi ajnās-i adviyahTitle: قصيده در اسماى اجناس ادويه4. ff. 85v-91rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem d.
Medical treatise in refined prose and verse on the laws of hygiene and preservation of health, by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb with the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The work was completed in 944/1537-8.
The treatise comprises of six chapters.
Not dated at end.
Title: Sittah-'i z̤urūrīyahTitle: ستّهٴ ضروريّه5. ff. 92r-95vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem e.
Medical treatise in mas̲navī form on the rules of healthy eating and drinking, by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb, here mentioning only the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The date of composition contained in a chronogrammatic verse is indicated as 906/1500-1.
Not dated at end.
Title: Risālah-'i māʾkūl va mashrūbTitle: رسالهٴ مأكول و مشروب6. ff. 96r-104rLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem f.
Medical treatise on the significance of the pulse in diagnosis, by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb, here mentioning only the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The date of composition contained in a chronogrammatic verse is indicated as 942/1535-6.
Not dated at end.
The work includes tables in neat nastaʿlīq-i khafī, and occasional diagrams.
Title: Dalāʾil al-nabz̤Title: دلائل النّبض7. ff. 104v-111vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem g.
Medical treatise on the significance of urine in diagnosis, by the secretary of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Humāyūn (d. 963/1556), Yūsuf ibn Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf al-Ṭabīb, here mentioning only the takhalluṣ "Yūsufī".
The date of composition is 942/1537-8.
Dated colophon (f. 111v): completed 2 Ṣafar 1195/28 January 1781.
Title: Dalāʾil al-bawlTitle: دلائل البول8. ff. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-Language(s): Persian and ArabicItem h.
Treatise on practical medicine by the poet and general Amān Allāh Khānazād Khān, later entitled Khān Zamān Khān the Fīrūzjang (d. 1046/1636-7), son of the infamous and despised general of the Timurid or Mughal Emperor Jahāngīr, Ghuyūr Bayg Mahābat Khān, later entitled Khānkhānān with the status of sipāhsālār under Emperor Shāh Jahān I.
The work carries an undated dedicated to Emperor Jahāngīr.
The work is divided into three sections termed fann. However, the table of contents given in the preface does not match that found in the work itself.
Dated colophon (f. 175v): completed by Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Shāh, resident of Hindūn, 23 Ṣafar in RY 22 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1195/18 February 1781, written at the request of Rājah Ajīt Singh Bahādur of Balamgarh.
Occasional annotations in margins.
Title: Miftāḥ al-ḥudūdTitle: مفتاح الحدود9. ff. 176v-210vLanguage(s): Persian and ArabicItem i.
Dictionary of medical terms organised by subject into eleven sections termed faṣl by Muḥammad Zakarīyā ibn Z̤iyāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad Ṭabīb, based on the Arabic work of the same subject entitled Muṣṭalaḥāt al-ṭibb by Najm al-Dīn Abū Manṣūr Ḥasan ibn Nūḥ al-Qumrī (d. 380/990).
Dated colophon (f. 210v): completed by Qāz̤ī Muḥammad Shāh Hindūnavī, Friday, 7 Ṣafar in RY 22 of Emperor Shāh ʿĀlam, 1195/2 February 1781, written in Balamgarh at the request of Rājah Ajīt Singh Bahādur.
Title: Ḥall al-asāmīTitle: حلّ الاسامىPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperExtent: 210 ff.Dimensions (leaf): 270 × 168 mm.Dimensions (written):Hand(s)
History
Origin: 1781-01-22-1781-02-18 26 Muḥarram-23 Ṣafar 1195 (22 January 1781 - 18 February 1781) AH Balamgarh ; IndiaRecord Sources
Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/32_f019r (digital images currently unavailable)Availability
WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.
Bibliography
MSS Eur E207/32_f019r (digital images currently unavailable)Funding of Cataloguing
BL