Jurjānī wrote a book in medicine in 504 AH/1111 and dedicated it to Sultān Quṭb al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Khvārazmshāh, giving it the title of 'Ẕakhīrah-'i Khvārazmshāhī'. A while later, he himself summarized the book for ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Atsiz, the son of Khvārazmshāh, as ordered by his minister, Abū Muḥammad Ṣāḥib ibn Muḥammad Bukhārāyī, and gave it the title of al-ʾAghrāz̤ al-Ṭibbīyah. Jurjānī put this work together in five parts, calling each part a book as well. These 'books' are: (1) اندر یاد کردن حدّ طب (2) اندر حفظ الصحه (3) اندر معالجات (4) اندر ادویهٔ مفرده and (5) اندر قرابادین. al-ʾAghrāz̤ al-Ṭibbīyah was later contracted again by its author and took the title of 'Khafī-i ʿAlāyī'. The current copy continues to the end of the 7th topic of the chapter 18 of the third book. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Title

Jurjānī wrote a book in medicine in 504 AH/1111 and dedicated it to Sultān Quṭb al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn Khvārazmshāh, giving it the title of 'Ẕakhīrah-'i Khvārazmshāhī'. A while later, he himself summarized the book for ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Atsiz, the son of Khvārazmshāh, as ordered by his minister, Abū Muḥammad Ṣāḥib ibn Muḥammad Bukhārāyī, and gave it the title of al-ʾAghrāz̤ al-Ṭibbīyah. Jurjānī put this work together in five parts, calling each part a book as well. These 'books' are: (1) اندر یاد کردن حدّ طب (2) اندر حفظ الصحه (3) اندر معالجات (4) اندر ادویهٔ مفرده and (5) اندر قرابادین. al-ʾAghrāz̤ al-Ṭibbīyah was later contracted again by its author and took the title of 'Khafī-i ʿAlāyī'. The current copy continues to the end of the 7th topic of the chapter 18 of the third book. — Multiple dates; Unknown place of origin

Shelfmark

Wadh.Minasian 254

Place of origin

Unknown place of origin

Date

18-19th century

Language

Persian

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Western paper (watermark and plain), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular, thick), one size, glossy. Papers damaged by water and corrosion.

Physical extent

412 ff.

Hands

Cursive Nastaʿalīq, several hands, regular hand. Marginalia in an script which is seemingly Armenian, probably written by Dr Caro Minasian. Anonymous Initial and final folios are newly written.

Decoration

Titles and medicine names are rubricated.

Acquisition

Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.

Subject

Medicine, Oriental

Medicine

Medicine, Persian