Islamic Medical Manuscripts - Table of Contents for Pharmaceutics

Catalogue: Pharmaceutics

A Note on Pharmaceutics

Compound and Simple Remedies

A Note on Minhāj al-bayān (The Course of Explanation)

Minhāj al-Bayān (MS A 40; MS A 87, item 2; MS A 87, item 3): (The Course of Explanation); منهاج البيان; by Abū ‘Alī Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah (d. 1100/493); ابو على يحيى ابن عيسى ابن جزله

Mukhtaṣar min mufradāt Ibn Jazlah [al-kitāb] al-mawsūm bi-al-Bayān (MS A 87, item 2): (Abridgement of the Simple Medicaments from Ibn Jazlah's [book] called al-Bayān); مختصر من مفردات ابن جزلة [الكتاب] الموسوم بالبيان; presumably by Abū ‘Alī Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah; ابو على يحيى ابن عيسى ابن جزله

Mulaffaq min al-Bayān (MS A 87, item 3): (A Compilation Taken from al-Bayan); ملفق من البيان; [Abū ‘Alī Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah]; [ابو على يحيى ابن عيسى ابن جزله]

Ikhtiyārāt-i Badī‘ī (MS P 9): (Selections for Badī‘ī [al-Jamal]); اختيارات بديئى; by Zayn al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-AnṣārīḤājjī Zayn al-‘Aṭṭār (d. 1403-4/806); زين الدين على ابن الحسين الانصارى المشتهر بحاجى زين العطار

A Note on Tuḥfat al-mu’minīn

Tuḥfat al-mu’minīn (MS P 21): (The Present for the Faithful); تحفة المؤمنين; by Muḥammad Mu’min ibn Mīr Muḥammad Zamān Daylamī Tunakābunī (fl. 2^nd half of 17^th/11^th cent.); محمد مؤمن ابن مير محمد زمان ديلمى تنكابنى

Tuḥfat al-mu’minīn (MS P 22): (The Present for the Faithful); تحفة المؤمنين; by Muḥammad Mu’min ibn Mīr Muḥammad Zamān Daylamī Tunakābunī (fl. 2^nd half of 17^th/11^th cent.); محمد مؤمن ابن مير محمد زمان ديلمى تنكابنى

Mufradāt mu‘arrabah [from Tuḥfat al-mu’minīn] (MS A 42): مفردات معربه; by Muḥammad Mu’min ibn Mīr Muḥammad Zamān Daylamī Tunakābunī (fl. 2^nd half of 17^th/11^th cent.); محمد مؤمن ابن مير محمد زمان ديلمى تنكابنى

Fawā’id al-ḥikmah (MS P 8): (The Advantages of Wisdom); فوائد الحكمة; by Sulaymān ibn Sulaymān ibn Muḥammad Karīm ibn Muḥammad Walī ibn Ḥājjī Himmat ibn ‘Īsá ibn Ḥasan (fl. before 1709/1121); حاجى سليمان ابن سليمان ابن محمد كريم ابن محمد ولى ابن حاجى همت ابن عيسى ابن حسن

Makhzan al-adviyah (MS P 12): (The Storehouse of Medicaments); مخزن الادوية; probably from Jāmi‘ al-javāmi‘-i Muḥammad-Shāhī; (The Compendium of Summaries for Muhammad Shah); جامع الجوامع محمد شاهى; by Ḥakīm Muḥammad Hāshim ibn Ḥakīm Muḥammad Hādī Qalandar ibn Muzaffar al-Dīn ‘Alavī Shīrāzī ‘Alavī Khān (d. 1747/1160 or 1749/1162); حكيم محمد هاشم ابن حكيم محمد هادى قلندر ابن مظفر الدين علوى شيرازى علوى خان نواب معتمد الملوك

Majma‘ al-javāmi‘ va-zakhā’ir al-tarākīb (MS P 11.1): (The Assemblage of Generalities and Treasuries of Compounds); مجمع الجوامع و ذخائر التراكيب; by Muḥammad Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad Hādī al-‘Aqīlī al-‘Alavī al-Khurasānī al-Shīrāzī, known as Hakīm Muḥammad Hādīkhān (fl. 1771-81); محمد حسين ابن محمد هادي العقيلى العلوى الخراسانى الشيرازى الشهير بحكيم محمد هاديكان

Simple Remedies (Materia Medica)

Taqwīm al-adwiyah fī-mā ishtahara min al-a‘shāb wa-al-‘aqāqīr wa-al-aghdhiyah (MS A 45.1, item 3): (The Organization of Drugs Concerned with the Well-known Plants, Medicaments, and Foodstuffs); تقويم الادوية فيما اشتهر من الاعشاب والعقاقير والاغذية; attributed to Yūḥannā ibn Bukhtīshū‘ (fl. ca. 892/279); يوحنا ابن بختيسوع

Kitāb a-Munjiḥ fī al-ṭibb wa-al-tadāwī min ṣunūf al-amrāḍ wa-al-shakāwá (MS A 46): (Success in Medicine and in Therapy among the Categories of Diseases and Complaints); كتاب منجح فى الطب والتداوى من صنوف الامراض والشكاوى; by Ibrāhīm ibn Abī Sa‘īd ibn Ibrāhīm al-‘Alā’ī (fl. 12^th century); ابراهيم ابن ابى سعيد ابن ابراهيم المغربى العلائى

A Note on Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī

Kitāb al-Aghdhiyah wa-al-ashribah (MS A 82, item 1): (The Book of Food and Drink); كتاب الاغذيه والاشربه; by Abū Ḥamid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (d. 1222/619 H); ابو حامد محمد ابن على ابن عمر نجيب الدين السمرقندى

Kitāb al-Aghdhiyat al-marḍá (MS A 82, item 3): (Nourishment for the Ill); كتاب الاغذية المرضى; by Abū Ḥamid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (d. 1222/619 H); ابو حامد محمد ابن على ابن عمر نجيب الدين السمرقندى

al-Adwiyah al-mufradah al-musta‘malah bi-khawaṣṣhā wa-af‘ālhā al-mashhūrah bi-hā bi-hā (MS A 1.1, item 1): (Useful Simple Remedies with Their Properties and Utilities for Which They Are Renowned); الادوية المفردة المستعملة بخواصها وافعالها المشورة بها; by Abū Ḥamid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī; ابو حامد محمد ابن على ابن عمر نجيب الدين السمرقندى

Fī Ittikhādh mā’ al-jubn wa-manāfi‘uhu wa-kayfiyat isti‘mālihi (MS A 1.1, item 2): (The Virtue of Cheesewater and its Uses and the Manner of its Application); فى اتخاذ ماء الجبن ومنافعه وكيفية استعماله; apparently by Abū Ḥamid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī; ابو حامد محمد ابن على ابن عمر نجيب الدين السمرقندى

al-Muntaqā min al-Kitāb al-Jāmi‘ li-quwan al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah (MS A 47): (Selections from the Comprehensive Book on the Efficacies of Medicaments and Foodstuffs); المنتقا من كتاب الجامع لقوى الادويه والاغذيه; by Khidr ibn ‘Isá, known as al-Khaymi (ca. late 15th century?); خضر ابن عيسى المعروف بالخيمى

Zakhīrah-i Nizām-Shāhī (MS P 5.1, item 1): (The Treasure for Nizām-Shāh); ذخيره نظام شاهى; by Rustam Jurjānī (mid 16th century); رستم جرجانى

Risālah-i afyūn (MS P 15): (Essay on Opium); رساله افيون; by ‘Imād al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd Shīrāzī (fl. mid 16th century); عماد الدين محمود ابن مسعود شيرازى

Tarjumān al-aṭibbā’ wa-lisān al-alibbā’ (MS A 75): (The Interpreter of Physicians and the Language of the Wise concerning Simple Medicaments); ترجمان الاطباء ولسان الالباء; by Taqī al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ma‘rūf al-Shamī al-Asadī (d. 1585/993); تقى الدين محمد ابن معروف الشمى الاسدى

Alfaz al-adwiyah (MS P 4): (Pharmacological Dictionary); الفاظ الادويه; by Nūr al-Dīn Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn ḥakīm ‘Ayn al-Mulk Qurayshī Shīrāzī (fl. mid-17^th century); نور الدين محمد عبد الله ابن حكيم عين الملك قريشى شيرازى

Fī al-Sakanjabīn (MS A 27, item 3): (On oxymel); فى سكنجبين

Jumlat al-adwiyah al-mufradah al-mustahilah li-kull wāḥid min al-akhlāṭ (MS A 87, item 7): (Summary of the Simple Medicaments Beneficial for Each of the Constitutions); جملة الادوية المفردة المستهلة لكل واحد من الاخلاط

[Alphabetical list of simple medicaments] (MS A 87, item 10): Anonymous

[On Medicinal Plants] (MS A 91, item 11): Anonymous

Kitāb Ḥifz al-ṣiḥḥah (MS P 25, margin): (The Book on the Maintenance of Health); كتاب حفظ الصحة

Medical Formularies

Kitāb al-Aqrābādhīn (MS A 3/II, item 2): (Book on Compound Remedies); كتاب الاقراباذين; by Abū Bakr Ḥāmid Ibn Samajūn (2nd half of 10th century); ابو بكر حامد ابن سمجون

Qarābādhīn (MS P 11, item 2): (Formulary); قراباذين; by Aḥmad ibn Farrukh (fl. early 12th century); احمد ابن فرخ

Aqrabadhin (MS A 3/I, item 1): (Formulary); كتاب القراباذين; by Amīn al‑Dawlah Abū al‑ḥasan Hibat Allāh Ibn al-Tilmīdh (d. 1165/560); امين الدوله ابو الحسن هبة الله ابن التلميذ

Kitāb al-Qarābādhīn ‘alá tartīb al-‘ilal (MS A 82, item 2): (Compound Remedies Arranged According to Ailment); كتاب القراباذين على ترتيب العلل; by Abū Ḥamid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (d. 1222/619 H); ابو حامد محمد ابن على ابن عمر نجيب الدين السمرقندى

I‘lām arbāb al-qarīḥah bi-l-adwiyah al-ṣaḥīḥah (MS A 20): (The Teaching of Those with Talent about the Reliable Medicaments); اعلام ارباب القريحه بالادويه الصحيحه; by Aḥmad ibn Qāsim ibn Muḥammad Sāsī al-Būnī al-Tamīmī (d. 1691/1103); احمد ابن قاسم ابن محمد ساسى البونى التميمى

Qarābādīn-i Qādirī (MS P 14.1): (The Qādirī Formulary); قرابادين قادري; by Muḥammad Akbar ibn Mīr Ḥajjī Muḥammad Muqīm, known as Muḥammad Arzānī (d. 1722/1134); محمد اكبر ابن مير حاجى محمد مقيم عرف بمحمد ارزانى

‘Ilāj al-amrāḍ (MS P 10): (The Treatment of Diseases); علاج الامراض; by Ḥakīm Muḥammad Sharīf Khān (d. 1805/1220 or 1816/1231); حكيم محمد شريفخان

[Fī Duhn] (MS A 87, item 8): (Concerning Oils); فى دهن; Anonymous

Risālah fī tarkīb al-adwiyah al-mufradah (MS A 16, item 2): (Treatise on the Preparation of Compound Remedies); رساله فى تركيب الادويه المفردة

[Recipes for Compound Remedies] (MS A 68, item 2): Anonymous

[Collection of Recipes] (MS A 92, item 2): Anonymous

[Collection of Recipes] (MS A 83/I, item 3): Anonymous

[Collection of Recipes] (MS A 1.1, item 3): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS A 91, item 3): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS A 91, item 6): Anonymous

Ṣifat ma‘jūn nāfi‘ lil-ma‘idah (MS A 91, item 8): (Recipe for an electuary useful for the stomach); صفة معجون نافع للمعدة

[On Compound Remedies] (MS A 91, item 12): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS A 91, item 14): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS P 7, item 1): Anonymous

[Recipes] (MS P 23, item 3): Anonymous

[14][Recipes] (MS P 24, item 3): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS P 26, item 5): Anonymous

[On Compound Remedies] (MS P 29, margin item 34): Anonymous

Poisons and Their Antidotes

Dhikr al-tiryāq al-fārūq (MS A 64): (Memoir on Antidotes for Poisons); ذكر الترياق الفاروق; by ‘Alī ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīm al-Anṣārī (fl. 1268-70/667-9); على ابن عبد العظيم الانصارى

Ṣifat al-tiryāq al-akbar (MS A 3/I, item 2): (Recipe for the Great Theriac); صفة الترياق الاكبر; Anonymous

[On Theriac] (MS P 11, item 3): Anonymous

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