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Summary of Contents: The author was one of the physicians at the court of Sultan Sulaymān Ṣafavī who wrote this book in 1080 AH/1670. The book is about traditional medicine and medications, mainly concerning pharmacognosy, in Persian. It has been one of the most important medical works referenced by physicians in Iran for three centuries after its date of composition. The majority of the content is about medicine, including the most experiences of the author and his father with herbs, compounds, miscellaneous drinks, beans, various powder medicines, pure and compound medicines, and how to make them. This copy was part of Tuḥfat al-Muʾminīn.
Language(s): Persian

Medicine

Author: Ḥusaynī, Muḥammad Muʾmin, -1698 حسینی، محمد مؤمن Ḥusaynī Daylamī Tunakābunī, Muḥammad Muʾmin ibn Muḥammad Zamān, active 17th century حسینی دیلمی تنکابنی، محمد مؤمن بن محمد زمان، ۱۱ق/۱۷م
Title: Tuḥfah-'i Ḥakīm Muʾmin
Title: تحفهٔ حکیم مؤمن
Title: Tuḥfat al-Muʾminīn
Title: تحفة المؤمنین
Title: Tuḥfah-i Sulaymānī
Title: تحفهٔ سلیمانی
Title: Tuḥfat al-Ḥakīm
Title: تحفة الحکیم
Title: Tuḥfah dar Ṭibb
Title: تحفه در طب
Incipit: بسمله، قسم اوّل در دستورات جامع در بیان اعمالی که متعلق است به ادویه مفرده و آن مشتمل بر پنج طریق طریق اولی در تدابیر ادویه مخصوصه…
Explicit: … دیگر زنگ نگیرد. خاتمه در خطوط مرموزه و اسامی مشهورهٔ آن و امور غریبه … ||

References

Sequence Number in the Persian Catalogue:

  • FAW 159

Similar Copies in Other Libraries:

  • AQR 19/81
  • MAL 2/113
  • MNL 3/167
  • NLI 2/105

Similar Copies listed in Other Catalogues:

  • ALZ 3/403
  • DEN 2/929
  • FAP 1/335
  • FIH 5/3347

Printed editions:

  • Tehran, 1345 Shamsī/1967; 1376 Shamsī/1998

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (regular, thick), one size, glossy.
Extent: 126 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 21 × 15.5 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 8.5 cm.

Condition

Water damage on some folios

Layout

16 lines per page

Hand(s)

Shikastah Nastaʿalīq, Nastaʿalīq, several hands, regular

Decoration

Rubricated titles; rubricated lines above some expressions.

Additions: Ownership note on the last folio

Binding

Black leather, 16.5×22 cm, front + back cover, leather + pasteboard

Condition

Damage to the spine; back bone mending with cloth

History

Origin: Unknown place of origin; 13th century AH; 19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Record Sources

This record was created by Dr Mohammad Emami based on the information published in the Persian catalogue by Dr Ali Mir-Ansari (Catalogue of the Persian and Arabic Manuscripts in the Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford (Minasian Collection), Tehran: Miras-e Maktoob, 2016).

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Wadham College (University of Oxford)

Key to Abbreviations

  • ALZ: (الذریعه)
  • AQR: (Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi)
  • DEN: (فهرستواره دست‌نوشته‌های ایران - دنا)
  • FAP: (فهرست کتاب‌های چاپی فارسی)
  • FAW: (Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford - Minasian Collection)
  • FIH: (فهرستواره کتاب‌های فارسی)
  • MAL: (Malek National Museum and Library)
  • MNL: (Mar'ashi Najafi Library)
  • NLI: (National Library of Iran)

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