Or 5858 (Oriental Manuscripts, British Library)

Oriental Manuscripts

A number of medical treatises

Summary of Contents: 6 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Medicine, Science, Pharmacopeias, Horsemanship, Ethics—Iran, and Ethics

1. ff 2r-82r

Author: Anonymous

Title: A work on therapeutics

Written in 850

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

2. ff 156v-161v

Author: Qarabādīn قربادین

Title: On pharmacy

17th-18th century

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

3. ff 162r-187r

Author: Anonymous

Title: Tract on materia medica

In the same hand as the next work in this volume

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

4. ff 188r-204r

Author: Abū Naṣr Isfarāyinī ibn Rustam al-Daylamī ابو نصر اسفراینی ابن رستم الدیلمی

Title: ‘Ayn-i khavāṣṣ

Title: عین خواص

On the properties of animal, vegetable, and mineral substances

Translated from Arabic in 626 and copied in 875

In the margin there are also miscellaneous medical notes, for instance on 108r-124r and 132r-161r

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

5. ff 124r-125r

Author: Anonymous

Title: Farasnāmah

Title: فرسنامه

A mas̲navī on farriery

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

6. ff 125r-131v

Author: Mīrzā ‘Abbās ‘Alī میرزا عباس علی

Title: Tuḥfat al-vuzarā

Title: تحفة الوزراء

A compendium of ethics, medicine, etc

Copied in 1267

Language(s): Persian

References

Meredith-Owens 1968, page 27.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 204 ff

Dimensions (leaf): 25.4 × 14 cm.

History

Origin: 17th-19th century CE

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on G. M. Meredith-Owens: Handlist of Persian manuscripts 1895-1966. London, 1968, with additional enhancements.

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Funding of Cataloguing

Subjects

Medicine, Arab--History
Medicine, Persian
Science--Islamic Empire--History
Pharmacopeias
Horsemanship--Early works to 1800
Ethics—Iran
Ethics--Early works to 1800

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