This volume contains the following five tracts :. (I) ff 1r-34r : A tract in Arabic regarding the categorization of the various perfumes;. (ff 35r-37v are blank). (II) ff 37r-72v : Risale-i Zübdetü'l-maarif-i Hikmet, a book of medical recipes in Ottoman Turkish by Haccı Osman Beylani, copied in 1199 AH (1784-85 CE);. (III) ff 73r-77r : An Arabic pharmacopoeia (materia medica), with f 76r blank, followed by two other Arabic tracts;. (IV) ff 77v-88r : Najāt al-aḥbāb (نجات الحباب), an Arabic tract;. (V) ff 89v-104v : Mir'atu'l-acayıp, an Ottoman Turkish medical tract composed by Derviş İbn-i Abdülkadir (f 95v). Texts 1, 3 and 4 were likely copied in the 18th century, text 5 in the 17th century CE.
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or 9678
- Dates of Creation
- 17th century-18th century
- Language of Material
- Arabic Turkish
- Physical Description
- 5 texts 104 ff Materials : Paper. Foliation : European, 104 ff. Dimensions : 180 mm x 120 mm. Script : Mainly nesih, with text II in rık'a.