Menafi'u'n-nas - منافع الناس

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 10954
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1106
  • Language of Material
    • Turkish
  • Physical Description
    • 1 text 94 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 94 ff. Dimensions : 220 mm x 148 mm. Script : Nestalik inclining to divani, with some folios restored in nesih.

Scope and Content

This volume contains a treatise on diseases and their remedies written for Selim II by Derviş Nidai. It is a compilation made from various medical works, both in Arabic and Persian, and is divided into 60 bab. There are verse passages at both the beginning and end of the work, with the latter receiving the title Vasiyetname. The manuscript was copied in 1106 AH (1694-95 CE).

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Acquisition Information

Present to the Library by R. S. Greenshields Esq. on 10 November 1928.

Related Material

Another copy of this text can be found at Or 12814. For more information on the author of the text, see Rieu, Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts in the British Museum, p. 125.