Kitāb al-bāhīyah wa-al-tarkībāt al-Sulṭānīyah كتاب الباهية والتركيبات السلطانية Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي, نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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The record is made up of Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+31+ii. It was created in 19th century. It was written in Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: Oriental Manuscripts.
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A short work on medicine composed upon request, as the author Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274) relates in the preface, in response to the ailments of unidentified prince (see preface, f. 1r, line 9-2r, line 1).
Its 18 short chapters (أبواب) cover physiology, drugs, and dietetics with a particular focus on aphrodisiacs and the attainment of sexual potency and pleasure (see contents and introduction, ff. 2r, line 2-6v, line 5).
The second unnumbered flyleaf bears a list of months in the Ottoman Turkish calendar (f. ii-v).
Begins (f. 1r, lines 2-6):
الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وآله
وصحبه أجمعين وبعد فإن الله تعالى قد كمل
النفوس الناطقة الإنسانية بمواهب إنعامه
وملأ معادن خواطر الحكماء بإعلامه لهم جواهر
حكمته كما قال الله سبحانه...
Ends (f. 31v, lines 1-4):
تم الكتاب بعون الملك الوهاب وهذه...
اللطيفة هي التركيبات العجيبة النافعة المفيدة التي
هي من أسرار الأطباء ومن اختصاراتهم المفيدة لأنها
جعلت لخزانة سلطان من السلاطين المسلمين لنفع
Colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. (f. 31v, lines 5-11):
انتهى على يد كاتبه العبد الفقير الراجي رحمة
ربه القدير الغازي في بحر ذنوبه محمد
علي بن حسين بن حسن الجزائري
غفر الله له ولجميع المسلمين
والمسلمات الأحياء
منهم والأ
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- Codex A collection of pages, usually gathered into quires, and bound between covers. ; ff. ii+31+ii
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Material: Thin, western wove paper embossed 'BATH' within a rectangular frame surrounded by a scrolling floral design
Dimensions: 208 x 135mm leaf [153 x 100mm written] many folded tabs especially to fore edge.
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: Misṭarah ; 13 lines per page; vertical spacing 9 lines per 10 cm
Script: Naskh ; the scribe is Muḥammad ʿAlī ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥasan al-Jazāʾirī (محمد علي بن حسين بن حسن الجزائري, see colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. , f. 31v, lines 6-7)
Ink: Black ink with rubricated headings
Decoration: Black double frames around text areas on each page
Binding: British Museum maroon buckram binding
Condition: Generally good, some smudging; spine sewing mended with paper inserts towards front of volume. F. 31 guarded
Marginalia: Very few
Seals: British Museum stamp (ff. 1v and 31v)
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- Or 11213
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- 19th century (CE, Gregorian)
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Purchased from Oskar Rescher (1884-1972), 10 May 1930
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- Newman, D (ed. and trans.), The Sultan's Sex Potions: Arab Aphrodisiacs in the Middle Ages (London: Saqi Books, 2014)
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Kitāb al-bāhīyah wa-al-tarkībāt al-Sulṭānīyah كتاب الباهية والتركيبات السلطانية Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي, نصير الدين محمد بن محمد, British Library: Oriental Manuscripts, Or 11213, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100106888804.0x000001> [accessed 27 August 2024]
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- Kitāb al-bāhīyah wa-al-tarkībāt al-Sulṭānīyah كتاب الباهية والتركيبات السلطانية Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي, نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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