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Book/Printed Material Definitions of Illnesses.

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Title

  • Definitions of Illnesses.

Summary

  • Muhammad Akbar, commonly called ʻUrf Muhammad Arzani, who died at Delhi in Rabiʻ al-Thani 1134 AH (January-February 1722), is the author of numerous medical texts in Persian and Arabic. He was active in Mughal India, although he appears to have received part of his medical training in Shiraz in Persia. Ḥudūd al-Amrāḍ (Definitions of illnesses) consists of an alphabetized list of medical ailments along with their definitions. The medical terms are mainly Arabic but include a fair number of Latin and Greek terms as well (e.g., mania, melancholia, and synochus-a type of fever). The name of the scribe, ʻAbd al-Hamid ibn Miyansahib, as well as that of the patron, Hazrat-i Makhdum Sahib, appear in the colophon, which is in Persian. The manuscript is undated.

Names

  • Miyānṣāḥib, ʻAbd al Ḥamīd ibn Scribe.
  • Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar ibn Muḥammad, active 18th century Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1700 to 1850]

Headings

  • -  1650 to 1722
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Diseases
  • -  Library of Congress Afghanistan Project
  • -  Persian manuscripts

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 228 x 137 millimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: A.Z. Iskandar, A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1967).
  • -  Original resource at: Wellcome Library.
  • -  Content in Arabic and Persian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667324

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Chicago citation style:

Miyānṣāḥib, ʻAbd Al Ḥamīd Ibn Scribe, and Muḥammad Akbar Ibn Muḥammad Shāh Arzānī. Definitions of Illnesses. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1850, 1700] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667324/.

APA citation style:

Miyānṣāḥib, ʻ. A. Ḥ. I. S. & Shāh Arzānī, M. A. I. M. (1700) Definitions of Illnesses. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1850] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667324/.

MLA citation style:

Miyānṣāḥib, ʻAbd Al Ḥamīd Ibn Scribe, and Muḥammad Akbar Ibn Muḥammad Shāh Arzānī. Definitions of Illnesses. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, to 1850, 1700] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667324/>.