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Manuscript/Mixed Material Mīzān al-ṭibb ميزان الطب

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Title

  • Mīzān al-ṭibb

Other Title

  • ميزان الطب

Summary

  • Basic treatise on traditional Arab medicine.

Names

  • Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar ibn Muḥammad, active 18th century

Created / Published

  • 1890.

Headings

  • -  Medicine, Arab
  • -  Traditional medicine--Early works to 1800
  • -  Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  India--Amritsar

Notes

  • -  Manuscript.
  • -  Persian.
  • -  Title from fol. 1a.
  • -  Name of scribe not indicated.
  • -  Written in Amritsar, India?
  • -  Paper; heavy brown unpolished paper; text surrounded by 3 irregularly ruled lines of blue, red and red; hand colored unwan; black ink with rubrication and occasional red overlining; few marginal corrections; catchwords on versos.
  • -  Pasted label on cover: Bgahan Lal Mss Dealer & Bookseller // Gali Takrian, Katra Safaid, AMRITSAR; Title of the Mss: Muzan-ul-tibba // Subject: Hikamat // Character: Persian // Size: 10 x 6 // Where from obtained: Amritsar // When written: 1890 V.S."
  • -  Nastaʻliq; 17 lines in written area 21.5 x 11 cm.
  • -  Fol. 1a-119a.
  • -  Library of Congress. Persian manuscript, M124.
  • -  Marbled paper quarter leather binding in dark brown leather.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.

Medium

  • 119 leaves (17 lines), paper : bound ; 26 x 15.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • R128.7 .S52 1890

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2016503262

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Persian Language Manuscript Project are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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Chicago citation style:

Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar Ibn Muḥammad, Active 18Th Century. Mīzān Al-Ṭibb. 1890. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503262/.

APA citation style:

Shāh Arzānī, M. A. I. M. (1890) Mīzān Al-Ṭibb. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016503262/.

MLA citation style:

Shāh Arzānī, Muḥammad Akbar Ibn Muḥammad, Active 18Th Century. Mīzān Al-Ṭibb. 1890. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2016503262/>.