Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine
Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine
Journal of - International Society for the History of Islamic Medicine
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Ashfaq AHMAD & Ala NARAYANA<br />
Procedure <strong>of</strong> Manuscript Study in Post Graduate Education <strong>of</strong><br />
Unani <strong>Medicine</strong>: A Reappraisal<br />
Author Date<br />
980-1037 AD<br />
Subject<br />
Principle <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />
Language<br />
Arabic<br />
Script<br />
Arabic<br />
Commentary Ali Gilni (1554-1609)<br />
Commentary Language<br />
Arabic<br />
Commentator Ali Gilni (1554-1609)<br />
Commentary Date<br />
Anonymous<br />
Scribe<br />
Scribe Date<br />
Scribe Place<br />
Anonymous<br />
Period <strong>of</strong> Compilation (1554-1609)<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r Details<br />
Written in clear hand writing, head lines and important points are marked red.<br />
TEXTUAL<br />
Authors Beginning Sentence<br />
Scribes Beginning Sentence<br />
Authors Ending Sentence<br />
Scribes Ending Sentence<br />
Colophon<br />
Chapterisation<br />
Completeness<br />
Remarks<br />
Qal shekhur rais ‘lltamasa minni bazo khass ikhwani an usannif fit tib kitaban mushtamilan ala<br />
qawaneenihil kullia al juzia’<br />
Fal yakun hazel qadr min kalaminal mukhtasar fil usul al kullia li sana atit tib kafian wal nakhuz<br />
fil advia al mufrada<br />
Tamma sharhul kitab al awwal min kutub al qanun be hamdillah ta’ala wa husn taufeeqihi wa<br />
yatluho insha allah sharahul kitab althani<br />
Chapterized<br />
Incomplete<br />
There are only two complete commentaries written on Al- Qanun in Arabic language and India<br />
has <strong>the</strong> honour that one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se was written in this country by Hakim Ali Gilani under <strong>the</strong><br />
patronage <strong>of</strong> Mughal Emperor Akbar. Un<strong>for</strong>tunately only its first volume has been printed and<br />
<strong>the</strong> remaining ones are extant in manuscript <strong>for</strong>m in various libraries <strong>of</strong> this country.<br />
PHYSICAL<br />
Material ID<br />
Paper<br />
Length 25<br />
Size Width 12<br />
Unit centimetre<br />
No <strong>of</strong> Folios 304<br />
No <strong>of</strong> Pages 608<br />
No <strong>of</strong> Lines Per Folio 58<br />
No <strong>of</strong> Lines Per Page 29<br />
No <strong>of</strong> Letters Per Line 18<br />
Missing Folios<br />
Folios are missing in <strong>the</strong> middle<br />
Illustrations<br />
Illustrated red<br />
Condition<br />
Good and readable, some pages are missing<br />
Compiled By<br />
Dr Ashfaq Ahmad<br />
Data Entered By<br />
Dr Ashfaq Ahmad<br />
About <strong>the</strong> book ‣ This Mss is <strong>the</strong> commentary <strong>of</strong> Al Qanun, book 1 by Ali Glani, deals with principle <strong>of</strong><br />
medicine.<br />
‣ Al Qanun (considered a medical bible) contains <strong>the</strong> all aspects <strong>of</strong> medicine.<br />
100<br />
ISHIM 2011-2012
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