Kitāb al-raḥmah fī al-ṭibb wa-al-ḥikmah كتاب الرحمة في الطب والحكمة [Ṣubunrī, Mahdī ibn ʻAlī صبنري، محمد بن علي]

Content

Treatise on prophetic medicine (الطب النبوي) by Muḥammad al-Mahdawī ibn ‘Alī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ṣubunrī (محمد المهدوي بن علي بن إبراهيم الصبنري, d. 1412). The author's name, which does not appear in this manuscript, is disputed and his nisba is also reported as Ṣanawbarī (صنوبري, GAL II, 189; GALS II, 252; Ullmann, Die Medizin im Islam , 188) and Ṣuburnī (صبرني, Hamarneh, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library , 221). The treatise is often falsely ascribed to Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūṭī (جلال الدين السيوطي, d. 1505). The title is mentioned on f. 60v, line 12-13.

The treatise is followed by a note on alchemy, which cites Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (جابر بن حيان, f. 74r-v).

Begins (f. 60v, lines 2-5):

الحمد لله الذي اخترع من العدم الموجوادت وأظهر إلى الوجود

الكائنات وأبلغ في حكمة الطبائع الفاعلات وأقسام الأجسام

المؤتلفات على أربع طبائع مختلفات وقدر المنافع والمضرات

والأسقام والصحة والممات ...

Ends (f. 74r, lines 5-8):

... طمس البول يؤخذ شبت وطحين الحنطة

وضمغ عربي وسكر أحمر أجزاء سواء يدق الجميع ويغلي

بالدهن حتى يصير معجونًا وفي كل صباح ومساء يأكل

بقدر بندقة فإنه نافع مجرب والله أعلم بالصواب

Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 74r, lines 9-10):

تم الكتاب بعون

الله تعالى

Extent and format

Ff. 60v-74v

It is part of

Three treatises on medicine

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Ref: Or 5620

Written in

Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 5620, ff 60v-74v

History of this record

Date(s)

18th century (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Finding aids

• Ellis, A.G. and Edward Edwards, A Descriptive List of the Arabic Manuscripts Acquired by the Trustees of the British Museum since 1894 (London: British Museum, 1912), p. 46-7
• Hamarneh, Sami, Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Pharmacy at the British Library (Cairo: Les Editions Universitaires d’Egypte, 1975), Item 296, p. 221

Select Bibliography

Edition:

• Suyūṭī, Kitāb al-Rahṃah fī al-tịbb wa-al-hịkmah (Miṣr: Maṭbaʻat Dār al-Kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-Kubrá, n.d.)

French translations:

• Suyūṭī, Livre de la miséricorde dans l'art de guérir les maladies et de conserver la santé , ed. and trans. by Florian Pharaon and Alphonse François Bertherand (Paris, Alger [printed]: 1856)
• Suyūṭī, La médicine naturelle en Islam: le livre de la Miséricorde dans l'art de guérir les maladies et de conserver la santé , trans. byA. Bassim (Beyrouth: Albouraq, distributed by Librairie de l'Orient, 2001)

Studies:

• Brockelmann, Carl, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (GAL), 2 vols (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996) vol. 2, p. 189
• Brockelmann, Carl, Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur: Zweite den Supplementbänden angepasste Auflage (GALS), 3 vols (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1996), vol. 2, p. 252
• Ullmann, Manfred, Die Medizin im Islam (Leiden: Brill, 1970), pp. 188

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Mahdī ibn ‘Alī Ṣubunrī

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Kitāb al-raḥmah fī al-ṭibb wa-al-ḥikmah كتاب الرحمة في الطب والحكمة [Ṣubunrī, Mahdī ibn ʻAlī صبنري، محمد بن علي], British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 5620, ff 60v-74v, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100069662611.0x000002> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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