Wadh.Minasian 1 (The Ferdowsi Library, Wadham College, University of Oxford)

Summary of Contents: This book is one the most important and mose comprehensive books by Avicenna in medicine, one of the most prominent medicine books in the Islamic civilization, and one of the most important works in medicine in the ancient world. In the Islamic civilization, there are three books that are considered as the most important medicine books by Muslim medics: Al-ḥāvī by Mūḥammad Zakariyā Rāzī, Kāmil al-ṣanāʿah by Majūsī Ahvāzī, and Qānūn by Avicenna. Amongst these works, Avicenna's Qānūn excels the other works with respect to the richness of content and the quality of expression. Qānūn contains five books, including: book one: Kulliyāt al-ṭibbiyah, book two: al-Adviyah al-mufradah, book three: al-Amrāz̤ al-juzʾiyah li-kull-i ʿuz̤v, book four: al-Amrāz̤ al-juzʾiyah al-ghayr al-mukhtaṣṣah bi-ʿuz̤v, and book five: al-Adviyah al-murakkabah. Numerous commentaries have been written on this book, some of the most important of which to include: Sharḥ-i Quṭb al-Dīn Shīrāzī, Sharḥ-i Muḥammad bin Aḥmad Amshāṭī, Sharḥ-i Fakhr al-Dīn Rāzī, Sharḥ-i Quṭb al-Dīn Ibrāhīm bin ʿAlī Miṣrī, Sharḥ-i ʿAlā al-Dīn bin Abū Ḥazm Qurashī, Sharḥ-i Mūsá bin Yūnis. This copy is lacunary from around the middle of the fifth book.