Or Ms 257: طب بحری وبری Ṭibb-i baḥrī-u barrī, undated
Scope and Contents
A treatise on medicine, of which this is a holograph copy. It includes a short list of parts of the human body, drugs with their equivalents in Arabic and Hindi, and advice on the examination of patients, symptoms and treatment of a number of diseases, and pregnancy. The material for the work was derived principally from the Zakhīra-yi Khwārazmshāhī and Qarābādī (of Zayn al-Dīn Abū Ibrāhīm Isma‘īl b. al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-Ḥusaynī al-Jurjānī, who died 531 or 535 A.H. (1136-1137 or 1140-1141 C.E.).
The preface appears to mention an Aithippā father of Chanpā, but the colophon appears to reference the author/scribe as Chanpā father of Aithippā.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library by Mohammad Hukk et al. (1925) identifies the compiler as Aithippā who compiled it for his son Chanpā, and gives the dating as "about 1133 A.H. (1720 C.E.)".
Bears annotations on the margins in English.
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- Aithippā (Scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Language of Materials
Persian (Script: nasta'līq)
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 251, 252
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 volume
Other Finding Aids
Hukk, Mohammed Ashraful; Ethé, Hermann; and Robertson, Edward, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library (Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd., 1925).
Physical Description
Bound with OR MS. 251, 252
Processing Information
Annotation uses legacy data from Mohammed Hukk et al. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian Manuscripts in Edinburgh University Library.
Creator
- Aithippā (Scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Source
- Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) (Donor, Person)
- Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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