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Medicine [IO Islamic 1959]

<ul> <li>Medicine.</li> <li>This manuscript is now IO Islamic 1959 in the India Office collections.</li> <li>[metadata:<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Loth"> Otto Loth, </a><a href="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3923636">A Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the India Office</a>, (volume 1), no. 780 here with further notations and hyperlinks].</li> </ul> 780. 1959. Size 101/2 in. by 61/2 in.; foll. 167. Twenty-five lines in a page. A Commentary on the first book of the Ḳânûn(الكلّيات) , by MAḤMÛD ÂMULÎ (d. A.H. 753). Cf. Ḥ. Kh. iv. 500. The preface begins: الحمد لله الذى وفت حكمته فى خلقة الانسان . The author, after mentioning the commentaries of Râzî, Afḍal Khûnajî, and Ḳurashî, lauds that of his master, Ḳuṭb al-dîn Shîrâzî, 1 to which the present work is intended as a supplement, especially as regards anatomical matters. He dedicates it to a prince, whose name is not mentioned. ‘Alî Gîlânî, in the introduction to his commentary (see the following no.) says that Âmulî-he calls him Muḥammad-wrote his work for the use of some princes (اولاد اهل الدول) , who had come from remote countries , in order to read with him the Ḳânûn , and that it was written in haste, without much care and preparation. The text of the Ḳânûn is introduced by قال , and the commentary by اقول . This MS. Is imperfect at the end. It terminates in the commencement of the second فنّ . Legibly written in Nasta’liḳ. [Johnson.]   1 See the preceding no.

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32/100

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These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.

Stewardship: 8
Harmonization: 4
Access: 16
Reuse readiness: 4
Engagement: 0

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India Office IO Islamic 1959 Medicine