P. 27 (University Library, Cambridge University)
E. G. Browne Collection
Contents
Summary of Contents: غاية البيان في تدبير بدن الانسان Another Turkish medical work entitled Gháyatu'l-Bayán fi tadbiri Badani'l-
Insán, also dedicated to Sultán Muḥammad IV, and apparently compiled by a certain
Sáliḥ ibn Nasri'lláh. It begins: جواهر زواهر حمد و ثنا اول واجب الوجود و مفيض الخير و الجود صانع عالم و دافع امراض بنی آدم الخ A full table of contents is prefixed (ff. 1-2b). The work appears to be divided
primarily into three Discourses (Maqála), of which the third, dealing with diseases
of the different organs a capite ad calcem, is much the longest. The first deals with
hygiene and the second with simple and compound medicaments. This MS., acquired from the Belshah collection in January, 1920, comprises 105
numbered ff. of text with 3 additional ff. containing the table of contents at the
beginning, and 2 ff. at the end; in all 110 ff. of 24'4 x 148 c. and 35 ll. It is
written in a fair, Turkish naskh with rubrications, was copied in Constantinople in
Rabi' 11, 1089/June, 1678, by 'Alí ibn Sha'bán ibn Muhammad, known as 'Ajam-
záda as-Silistrawi (of Silistria), and has been collated with the original.
Insán, also dedicated to Sultán Muḥammad IV, and apparently compiled by a certain
Sáliḥ ibn Nasri'lláh. It begins: جواهر زواهر حمد و ثنا اول واجب الوجود و مفيض الخير و الجود صانع عالم و دافع امراض بنی آدم الخ A full table of contents is prefixed (ff. 1-2b). The work appears to be divided
primarily into three Discourses (Maqála), of which the third, dealing with diseases
of the different organs a capite ad calcem, is much the longest. The first deals with
hygiene and the second with simple and compound medicaments. This MS., acquired from the Belshah collection in January, 1920, comprises 105
numbered ff. of text with 3 additional ff. containing the table of contents at the
beginning, and 2 ff. at the end; in all 110 ff. of 24'4 x 148 c. and 35 ll. It is
written in a fair, Turkish naskh with rubrications, was copied in Constantinople in
Rabi' 11, 1089/June, 1678, by 'Alí ibn Sha'bán ibn Muhammad, known as 'Ajam-
záda as-Silistrawi (of Silistria), and has been collated with the original.
Language(s): Turkish
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: Ff. 110
Dimensions: 24.4 × 14.8 cm.
Layout
35 lines
Hand(s)
Fair, Turkish naskh with rubrications
History
Origin: 1089 AH; 1678 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Acquired from the Belshah collection in January, 1920
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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