فصول أبقراط Fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ

Or 9452, ff 1v-21r

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The record is made up of ff. 1v-21r. It was created in 3 Ramaḍān 690. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.

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Translation of the Aphorisms of Hippocrates translated by Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq in the mid to late AD 9th/3rd AH century.

The text is divided into 7 maqālahs :

Maqālah 1 (begins f. 1r);
Maqālah 2 (f. 3v);
Maqālah 3 (f. 6v);
Maqālah 4 (f. 8v);
Maqālah 5 (f. 13r);
Maqālah 6 (f. 16v);
Maqālah 7 (19r).

This copy is missing the last faṣl of Maqālah 7 given in Tytler's edition.

Begins (1v, lines 1-5):

الحمد لله رب العالمين والعافية للمتقين ولأعدوان

الأعلى الظالمين والصلوة واللم على خير خلقه من

بريته محمد وآله وصحبه أجمعين المقالة الأولى

العمر قصير والصناعة طويلة والوقت ضيق والتجربة

خطر

Ends (f. 21r, lines 3-5):

... فصل من يزعزع دماغه فإنه يصيب في

وقته سكتة فصل من كان لحمه رطبًا فينبغي أنْ

يجوع فإنّ الجوع يجفف الأبدان

Extent and format

ff. 1v-21r

It is part of

Medical compendium

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Ref: Or 9452

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Arabic in Arabic script

Type

Manuscript item

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Original held at

British Library: Oriental Manuscripts

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

Or 9452, ff 1v-21r

History of this record

Date(s)

3 Ramaḍān 690 (AH, Hijri qamari)

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Edition:

Hippocrates,الفصول الابقراطية The Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Translated into Arabic by Honain ben Ishak, Physician to the Caliph Motawakkul , ed. by John Tytler (Calcutta: The Education press, 1832)

Subjects: Hippocrates. AphorismsMedicine, ArabMedicine, MedievalMedicine, Greek and RomanPharmacology
People & organisations: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-'IbādīHippocratesYaḥyá ibn 'Īsá Ibn Jazlah

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فصول أبقراط Fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ , British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 9452, ff 1v-21r, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023514891.0x000001> [accessed 8 February 2025]

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Reference: Or 9452, ff 1v-21r
Title: فصول أبقراط Fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ
Pages: 1v:21r
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