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

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Date:
1910
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    ARAI1IC MANUSCRIPTS. Life of the Author: ^ Jw*^ [<0J1 Jv^O -J I] liLJI yI ^jJI JL£ Muhammad b. Musa b. 'lea b. 'Ali-ad-Damiri, is copied from Manhal- us-Safi (probably Manhal-us-Safi wal-Mustawfi ba'd-al-Wafi of Jamal- Tid-Din Abi'l Maintain Yusuf b. Tagri Bardi az-Zahirl, the well-known historian of Egypt, who died in a.h. 884, see H. Kh. vi. 224) on an extra pasted leaf, on the side facing the title-page of the copy noted below. In this it is stated that Ad-Damiri was born in the beginning of a.h. 742 = A.n. 13 H. He learnt jurisprudence under (1) Baha-ud- Din-as-Subki, (2) 'Abdur Kahirn al-Asnawi, and (3) Qadi Kamal uddin an-Nuwayri, who wrote for him an Ijazah (licence) to teach Fiqh and Hadis. He then read: (1) Jami'-u't-Tirmidi from Al-Muzaffar-ul-'Attar- al-Misri, (2) Musnad-u-Ahmad-b. Hanbal f'rom'Ali b. Ahmad ad-Dimashqi, and (3) Kitab-u-Fadl-i'l-Khayl of Sharaf-ud-Din-ad-Dimyati, at Cairo, from Muhammad b. 'Ali-al-Hazzawi and Abdur-Bahman b. 'Ali b. Muhammad-al-Ba'li. He then started on his pilgrimage to Mecca, which he performed five times, in the years a.h. 762, a.h. 708, a.h. 772, a.h. 775 and a.h. 780. This last time he remained at Mecca for twenty years and returned to Cairo in a.h. 800. At Mecca he read Sahih-u- Ibn-i Habban from Al-Jamal Muhammad b. Ahmad b. 'Abd ul-Mu'ti, • • • ■ the Musnid (Beferee to settle points of Beligious Ordinances) of that place; and (1) Sunan-u-Ibn-i-Majah, (2) Musnad-u't-Tayalisi, (3) Musnad of Ash-Shafi'i, (4) Mu'jam of Al-Qani'i, (5) Asbab-un-Nuzul of Wahidi, and (6) Maqam&t-u'l-Hariri, etc., from Kamal-ud-Din Muhammad b. 'Umar b. Hubayb al-Halabi, the Musnid of Halab. Ibn-Shuhbah (Tabaqat-ush-Shafi'iyah, Lib. Copy, fol. 194) states that Ad-Damiri commenced his career as a tailor, but soon leaving his profession he placed himself under the instructions of As-Subki. He, further on, tells us, on the authority of Ibn-Hajar's Mu'jam, that Ad-Damiri passed the greater portion of his time in religious contemplations and prayers, and kept fasts too often. Since his return to Cairo he selected a place (d2J^) in Jami'ul-Azhar, and delivered lectures on diverse religious subjects. He died at Cairo on 3rd Jamada I. 808 = a.d. 1405. lie produced works on different subjects, of which the following arc specially noted by his biographers :— (1) 6^1* ^jl ^yu* ^ ^LjjJI, in 5 vols. (2) ^jyU gl^JI ^ f&M, in * vols. (3) ^1^>~s>Jl the present work; and (4) cLk£>> ^ <-r-Ja=*. Ho also composed vorsos, and whon Al-Asnawi composed his he oxchangod verses with him.