Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts: vol. 4: Arabic medical works / prepared by M.A. Aḥmad.

  • Bankipore Oriental Public Library.
Date:
1910
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Credit: Catalogue of the Arabic and Persian manuscripts: vol. 4: Arabic medical works / prepared by M.A. Aḥmad. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS. No. 117. foil. 78; lilies 13; size 9x0; 6] X 4. «* AZHAR-U'L-AFKAR. A precious and fairly old copy of Azhar u'l-Afkar (Flowers of Thought) on precious stones, by ^ Jo^l ^LjJI ji\ ^jjJi ^l^i* ^Ifl-oJ) t-SUtjl, Shihab-u'd-Din Abu'l 'Abbas Ahmad b. Yusuf at Tifashi, who died in a.h. 651 = a.d. 1253. See Brock, i. 495; Br. Mu. Supp. No. 781, and Dastur-u'l-I'lam (Lib. Copy), f. 27. Begins:— ^islL^JI «_A-9ji ^ J-«>l ^ y> <jJJI ^JifiJI Js-jJI JU daj^S ^i-dl ^ks> £t-sJl S-^s^> £-=>j^\ <-rAj£> <-ri\z£ iJsib . . . r Every jewel is treated under five headings: (1) Its production in mines; (2) The geography of its mines; (3) Its varieties and the best of its kinds; (4) Its properties and uses; and (5) Its approximate value. Contents Bab i. fol. 2b. Bab vii. fol. 33. Bab ii. fol. 12. Bab viii. fol. 35b. Bab iii. fol. 23b. Bab ix. fol. 39b. Bab iv. fol. 30\ Bab X. fol. 41. Bab v. fol. 31. Bab xi. fol. 54. Bab vi. fol. 32. Bab xii. fol. 55. *