[زاد المسافرين].

[Zād al-musāfirīn] ... [etc.].

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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Persian
Published/​Created
[1820]
Description
103 leaves : paper ; 246 x 175 (155 x 93) mm. bound to 252 x 178 mm.

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    Summary note
    Collection of medical texts and extracts.
    Notes
    • Ms. codex.
    • Title supplied by cataloger.
    • Physical description: 16 lines per page; written in naskh in black on yellow glazed, laid European paper. Rubrication and catchwords; some marginal notes. Marginal text on fol. 99b-100b and text on fol. 101a-102b written by a different hand in shikastah. Some staining and smudging; in good condition.
    • Origin: Text 2 completed in Rajab 1235 H [April-May 1820] (fol. 91b). Fol. 3b-100b written by the same hand: Muḥammad ʻAlī ibn [...] al-Kahakī (fol. 99b).
    • Incipit (text 2): سپاسى افزون از خواهش بيماران بشفا
    • Incipit (text 3): نسخه شربت بزورى بارد از مخترعات حکىم اشرف بجمة حميات حاره عنفه
    • Incipit (text 4): نقل من خط المرحوم المبرور مؤلف هذه الرساله ... محرق النار زرده تخم مرغ بر کرباس آب ندىده
    Binding note
    Full brown leather over pasted boards with blind-stamped fillets; extensive notes on inner covers.
    Language note
    Persian.
    Contents
    • 1. fol. 1a-3a: [Notes and recipes].
    • 2. fol. 3b-91b: [Zād al-musāfirīn] / Muḥammad Mahdī ibn ʻAlī Naqī al-Sharīf. Treatise on the preservation of health and self-treatment while traveling; consists of two maṭlab. Composed in Iṣfahān and completed 10 Ṣafar 1141 H [15 September 1728] (fol. 91b).
    • 3. fol. 92a-94a: Risālah-i mujarrabāt dar muʻālajah-i baʻz̤ī amrāz̤ kih aks̲ar-i ānrā asrār nivishtah and.
    • 4. fol. 94a-99b: [Treatise on remedies].
    • 5. fol. 100a-102b: [Prescriptions].
    • 6. fol. 102b-103b: [Notes and recipes].
    References
    Storey, C. A. Persian literature, II, 272-3
    Other title(s)
    • Risālah-i mujarrabāt dar muʻālajah-i baʻz̤ī amrāz̤.
    • رساله مجربات در معالجه بعضى امراض.
    OCLC
    796839795
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