P. 13 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: قرابادین شفائی Qarábadin-i-Shifat, a well-known Persian pharmacology by Muzaffar ibn Muhammad al-Husayni ash-Shifa'i (d. 974/1556), the drugs being arranged alpha- betically. See Rieu's B.M.P.C., pp. 473-474, Fonahn's Zur Quellenkunde der Persischen Medizin, pp. 81-84, where the contents are fully stated, etc. Begins after the short Arabic doxology: و بعد، پوشیده نماند که فقیر حقیر مظفّر بن محمد الحسينى الشفائی در مدتی مدید ترکیب چند در معالجات امراض که از آن گریزی [گزیری نبود جمع کرده بود خواست که در سلك ترتيب در آورد الخ This MS. was bought from the late Mr Sidney Churchill by Sir Albert Houtum- Schindler in 1885, and with his other MSS. passed into my possession in January, 1917. It comprises ff. 209 of 18.5 x 11'7 c. and 14 ll., is written in a large, clear naskh with rubrications, and was completed on Shawwál 6, 1090/Nov. 10, 1679, by the scribe Ja'far ibn Muhammad Mu'min al-Fathání al-Imámí al-Adib al-Qárí al-Kashani.
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 209
Dimensions: 18.5 × 11.7 cm.
Layout
14 lines
Hand(s)
Written in a large, clear naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 1090 AH; 1679 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
From the late Mr Sidney Churchill.
Bought by by Sir Albert Houtum-Schindler in 1885
Acquired by E.G.Browne other MSS. passed into my possession in January, 1917.
Bequest of E. G. Browne.
Record Sources
Summary, physical description and provenance copied from R. A. Nicholson: A descriptive catalogue of the Oriental MSS belonging to the late E.G. Browne. Cambridge, 1932.
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